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5 000 000 Roubles Federation of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia
| Issuer | Federation of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a large government building with a flag atop, set within a fine guilloche underprint. The denomination 5,000,000 is printed in large numerals in Russian, Georgian, and Arabic scripts to the left and right of the central vignette, with the inscription ФЕД.С.С.Р. ЗАКАВКАЗЬЯ below it. Three facsimile signatures of the Presidium of the Union Council appear at the bottom, with the serial number A-02022 at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Large five-pointed star with a smaller star of David-style interlaced design at centre, containing the Soviet Transcaucasian arms with a hammer and sickle motif. The denomination 5,000,000 appears in large numerals in Russian, Georgian, and Arabic scripts flanking the central vignette. The year 1923 is printed at the lower centre, with multilingual equivalency inscriptions in Russian and Georgian along the upper portion. |
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The Federation of Socialist Soviet Republics of Transcaucasia — comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia under a single federated authority — issued its own currency briefly in 1923 before being absorbed into the USSR at the end of that year. The FSSSRT itself was a transitional political construction, formally created in March 1922 and dissolved into the Transcaucasian SFSR in December 1922, meaning notes dated 1923 were issued by an entity already superseded in name. The hyperinflationary denomination reflects the broader Soviet monetary collapse of the early 1920s, which pushed face values into the millions across multiple regional issuing authorities simultaneously.