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40 Roubles Samara Directory
| Issuer | Provisional Government of Russia (Займъ Свободы) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 40 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows the State Duma building in Moscow (inscribed ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ДУМА) within an oval frame flanked by laurel branches, with rays of light radiating from the dome. The bold Cyrillic title ЗАЕМЪ СВОБОДЫ arches across the upper portion in large decorative letters. Below, the denomination is stated as 5% ОБЛИГАЦІЯ ВЪ СОРОКЪ РУБЛЕЙ нарицательныхъ, followed by a patriotic appeal text and multiple manuscript signatures of government officials; serial number №193360 and series II серія appear at upper left and right within a guilloche border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely typeset in Cyrillic, presenting the full terms and conditions of the Liberty Loan (Займъ Свободы) within a guilloche border. The heading 1917 • ЗАЕМЪ СВОБОДЫ • 1917 appears at both top and bottom in bold lettering. The body text details the bond's issue authority, denominations, interest payment schedule, and redemption terms, concluding with the final coupon date of 16 марта 1922 года and the facsimile signatures of the Управляющий Государственною Комиссіею Погашенія Долговъ and Бухгалтеръ. |
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The "Zaym Svobody" — Liberty Loan — notes were originally issued by the Provisional Government in Petrograd in 1917 as war bond instruments rather than conventional currency. The Samara Directory designation marks a later stage: after the Bolshevik coup, the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly (Komuch) established control over Samara in 1918 and authorized use of these already-printed Petrograd notes within its territory, effectively recycling Provisional Government paper as its own circulating medium.
Komuch's hold on Samara lasted only a few months before Red Army forces retook the city in October 1918.