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5 Roubles Amur Region
| Issuer | Amur Regional Government |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 5 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | The arms of the Amur Region are centered on the note, flanked by decorative foliate branches and supported by two lions, set against a woven guilloche underprint covering the entire field. The date '1918 г.' appears above the arms, with the denomination legend in ornate Cyrillic script below. Serial number and series letter are printed to the left and right of the central vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | РУБ. 5 РУБ. Обмѣнъ настоящихъ билетовъ на Государственные кредитные билеты производится рубль за рубль во всѣхъ кредитныхъ учрежденіяхъ Амурской области. Подѣлка преслѣдуется закономъ. |
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The Amur Regional Government was one of dozens of anti-Bolshevik administrations issuing emergency scrip during the Russian Civil War. This 5 Rouble note dates from a period when the Russian Far East was fractured between White forces, Japanese interventionist troops, and shifting local soviets — the Amur region changed hands repeatedly between 1917 and 1922, and currency issued by any one authority risked worthlessness within months.
Pick S1216 belongs to a broader catalogue of Siberian and Far Eastern provisional issues, many printed under genuinely difficult conditions with limited access to security printing facilities. Redemption was never guaranteed.