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5 Roubles - Perforated North Russia - Chaikovskiy Government
| Issuer | Provisional Government of the Northern Region (Chaikovskiy Government) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 5 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Imperial Russian State Credit Note of 1909 requisitioned for use by the Provisional Government of the Northern Region and validated by cancellation perforations. The face carries the Imperial double-headed eagle within an ornate intaglio frame of floral scrollwork over a guilloche underprint, with the denomination ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ in bold Cyrillic lettering at centre and the State Bank gold-redemption guarantee text below. Two manuscript signature lines for the Manager (Управляющий) and Cashier (Кассир) appear beneath, with the serial number repeated at the foot of the note. |
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| Protection description | Cancellation or validation perforations applied by the Provisional Government of the Northern Region to distinguish circulating notes from Imperial-era stock |
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The Provisional Government of the Northern Region was established in Arkhangelsk in August 1918 under Allied occupation, with Nikolai Chaikovsky — a veteran Socialist Revolutionary turned anti-Bolshevik — as its nominal head. Currency was an immediate problem. With Bolshevik notes deemed unacceptable and no functioning northern printing infrastructure, the government improvised by perforating existing Romanov-era and Provisional Government roubles to validate them for local use rather than striking entirely new issues.
The perforation itself is the defining feature here — its presence distinguishes an authorized instrument from ordinary circulating stock. Forgeries of the perforation pattern are known.