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4½ Roubles Irkutsk
| Issuer | Государственная Комиссия Погашения Долгов (State Commission for Redemption of Debts) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S892 |
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| Obverse lettering | 16 ИЮЛЯ 1925 ГОДА СЕРИЯ НОМЕРЪ 4 РУБЛЯ 50 КОП. БИЛЕТЪ НОМЕРЪ РАЗРЯДЪ ВТОРОЙ Управляющий Государственной Комиссии Погашения Долгов Действителенъ въ течение 10 лѣтъ AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. |
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| Reverse lettering | American Bank Note Co. |
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The 4½ Rouble denomination is an artifact of tsarist-era postal rate arithmetic — the figure corresponds to specific redemption or remittance increments used in Siberian administrative practice, not a general-circulation face value. By the time these notes reached Irkutsk, the State Commission for Redemption of Debts was operating in increasingly chaotic political conditions; the February Revolution had already occurred, and the Provisional Government inherited both the commission and its outstanding obligations.
American Bank Note Company's involvement reflects a pre-war contract that outlasted the government that placed it. The plates were American; the political authority validating the notes was not the one that ordered them.