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3 Roubles Russian Government - South Russia
| Issuer | Russian Government - Armed Forces of South Russia |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 3 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Central field carries the large Cyrillic denomination ТРИ РУБЛЯ in bold letterpress, surmounted by the heading ГОСУДАРСТВО РОССІЙСКОЕ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКІЙ ЗНАКЪ. A vignette of St. George slaying the dragon appears at lower left within an ornamental frame, flanked by guilloche corner ornaments and the numeral 3 at each lateral border. Two columns of Cyrillic text at left and right state the issuing authority and legal tender obligations. |
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| Reverse lettering | 3 ТРИ РУБЛЯ |
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The Armed Forces of South Russia — Denikin's White Army administration — issued this note as part of a hastily assembled monetary system that was already collapsing by the time most of these were printed. By early 1920, the White forces were in full retreat toward the Black Sea coast, and the practical circulation window for this series was measured in weeks, not months. Inflation and military defeat made redemption promises meaningless before the ink had time to age.
P#S436 is among the lower denominations of a series that ran to very high face values — the small notes saw proportionally heavier circulation and survive in fine condition less often than their higher-denomination counterparts.