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4½ Roubles Siberian Revolution Committee
| Issuer | Siberian Revolutionary Committee (Sibrevkom) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on white paper, this note is a repurposed coupon from the Imperial Russian 4½% State Internal Lottery Loan of 1917, with a face value of 4 РУБЛЯ 50 КОП. printed in a bold inset panel at upper right. A diagonal red overprint in Cyrillic text authorizes its use as currency by the Siberian Revolutionary Committee, applied across the entire face. The lower left bears a decorative quatrefoil vignette with the inscription РАЗРЯДЪ ЧЕТВЕРТЫЙ, and the printer's imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. appears along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | РАЗРЯДЪ ЧЕТВЕРТЫЙ СЕРІЯ НОМЕРЪ Предъявителю настоящаго купона отъ билета въ 200 рублей нарицательныхъ Государственнаго внутренняго 4½% выигрышнаго займа 1917 года выдается ЧЕТЫРЕ РУБЛЯ ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ КОП., безъ удержанія сбора съ доходовъ отъ денежныхъ капиталовъ. Управляющій Государственною Коммиссіею Погашенія Долговъ Дѣйствителенъ въ теченіе 10 лѣтъ. 4 РУБЛЯ 50 КОП. BИЛЕТЪ НОМЕРЪ 16 АПРѢЛЯ 1924 ГОДА AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. |
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The Sibrevkom notes were ordered by the Soviet provisional administration of Siberia following the collapse of the Kolchak government, but the 4½ Rouble denomination was an unusual choice — it corresponded directly to a specific gold parity calculation rather than any practical transaction need, giving the series an almost bookkeeping quality from the start.
The American Bank Note Company contract is worth noting. ABNC was printing for a Bolshevik-aligned authority at a moment when Western governments were actively hostile to Soviet power — a straight commercial arrangement that cut across the political grain entirely.