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5 Roubles Batum
| Issuer | Batum Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 48 × 31 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | РАЗМЕННЫЙ ДЕНЕЖНЫЙ ЗНАК БАТУМСКОГО КАЗНАЧЕЙСТВА 5 РУБ ПОДЕЛКА ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМ |
| Reverse description | Plain reverse with a faint overall guilloche underprint pattern across the entire surface, providing a decorative background with no additional inscriptions or vignettes. |
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Batum — the Black Sea port seized by British forces in December 1918 — was administered under military occupation when this note was produced. The Batum Branch of the State Bank operated under that occupation authority, issuing fractional currency to address a severe small-denomination shortage common across the entire Caucasus region in 1919, where Bolshevik, Menshevik, Transcaucasian, and various occupation-backed monetary systems competed simultaneously in the same markets.
The extreme miniature format was a direct consequence of wartime paper scarcity, not a design choice. British forces withdrew from Batum in July 1920, after which the note had no issuing authority left to back it.