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5 Roubles Transcaucasian Commissariat
| Issuer | Transcaucasian Commissariat |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-grey note with an upper panel of dense guilloche work enclosing a central vignette of a double-headed eagle flanked by two circular denomination medallions bearing the numeral '5'. The lower half carries a cartouche with the issuing authority text, flanked by two signature lines; the date '1918' appears at the foot of the cartouche. Serial numbers are printed in blue at lower left and lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ХУТИ ᲒᲣᲠᲘ (ხუთი გური) НՈՒՅՆ ՅԱՆՁՆՈ (հինգ ռուբլի) بش سنات دولت ايله بيش رублهسي ЗА ПОДДЪЛКУ БОНОВЪ ВИНОВНЫЕ ПОДВЕРГАЮТСЯ НАКАЗАНIЮ КАКЪ ЗА ПОДДЪЛКУ КРЕДИТНЫХЪ БИЛЕТОВЪ |
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The Transcaucasian Commissariat was a short-lived governing body formed in November 1917 after the Bolshevik seizure of power, uniting Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijani political factions that refused to recognize the new Soviet authority. It lasted barely six months before fracturing into three separate republics in May 1918. These notes were emergency issues produced under genuinely chaotic conditions — the Commissariat had no established central bank, no printing infrastructure, and was simultaneously managing military pressure from Ottoman forces advancing through Anatolia.
The P#S603 series circulated across a region where multiple currencies competed simultaneously, including Imperial Russian notes and local scrip of dubious backing.