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3 Roubles Rostov
| Issuer | Rostov-on-Don Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | A double-headed eagle vignette occupies the upper centre, flanked by ornamental pilaster panels with foliate motifs on either side. The denomination numeral '3' appears in large octagonal cartouches at left and right, with the Cyrillic inscription ТРИ РУБЛЯ (Three Roubles) in bold letterpress across the centre band. The lower portion carries a text block in Cyrillic identifying the issuing authority, the date 1918, and serial number ЛА-82, with two manuscript signatures of the manager and cashier. |
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| Obverse lettering | ТРИ РУБЛЯ Настоящий денежный знак выпущен Ростовской н/Д Конторой Государственного Банка и имеет хождение наравне с Государственными кредитными билетами управляющий — кассир — 1918 ЛА-82 |
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The Rostov-on-Don branch of the State Bank began issuing its own regional notes in 1918 as central authority collapsed following the Revolution. Rostov changed hands multiple times during the Civil War — between the Whites, the Reds, and the Don Cossack forces — and local scrip of this kind had a habit of becoming worthless overnight depending on who controlled the city that week.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference places this squarely in the South Russia regional issues, a category notorious for short print runs and rapid demonetization. Survival rates vary sharply even within the same series.