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3 Roubles Batum
| Issuer | Batum (Batumi) Local Issue |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S737 |
| Obverse description | Printed in green on white paper, the note is arranged in a near-square format with the denomination numeral '3' repeated in each corner. A central circular vignette contains a palm tree grouping set against a landscape, enclosed by a ring of Cyrillic text. Below the central vignette, a horizontal text panel carries the legal tender inscription in Cyrillic script. The overall design is executed in a simple typographic and relief-print style consistent with emergency local issues of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Plain white reverse with a faint blind-embossed or lightly printed ghost impression of the obverse design visible through the thin paper, including traces of the corner numerals and central circular vignette. No distinct printed design or text is present on this side. |
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Batum changed hands repeatedly between 1918 and 1920 — Ottoman occupation, then British, then briefly disputed between Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan before Soviet absorption in 1921. This 3 Rouble note belongs to the British-administered period, when local authorities issued emergency fractional currency to address a severe coin shortage rather than any formal monetary policy.
At 48 × 31 mm, it is among the smallest emergency issues of the Caucasus interregnum. Paper quality on surviving examples is notoriously fragile; the thin stock was never intended for extended circulation.