4½ Roubles Siberian Revolution Committee

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.