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3 Roubles Urals Cossack Territory
| Issuer | Ural Cossack Army (Уральское Казачье Войско) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper coupon of austere design, with printed Cyrillic text arranged in horizontal lines across the face. The upper portion carries the designation as the second coupon of a 6% obligation of the Ural Cossack Army for 280 roubles, with a serial number field below. The lower section states that the Military Treasury (Войсковое Казначейство) is to pay the bearer, dated September 1918, with the denomination три рубля (three roubles) and a manuscript government signature at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Второй купон 6% обязательства У. К. В. на 280 рублей No Предъявителю сего Войскового Казначейство уплачиваетъ сентября 1918 г. три рубля Слонъ В. Правительства |
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The Ural Cossack Army issued its own currency during the Russian Civil War as the Bolshevik seizure of central banking infrastructure forced regional and military administrations across the former empire to print their own notes. The Urals Cossacks — based around Uralsk — were among the more tenacious anti-Bolshevik holdouts in the region, maintaining organized resistance well into 1919 before being effectively destroyed as a military force.
S942 is among the simpler emissions of the period, reflecting the limited printing resources available to a besieged Cossack administration. Such locally produced Civil War scrip was frequently refused outside the issuing territory, and surviving examples often show minimal circulation wear — not from careful handling, but because much of it was simply never trusted or spent.