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| Issuer | Turkestan District (Краевой Совет Народных Комиссаров Туркестанской Советской Республики) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | A classical female bust vignette is centred at upper portion of the note, set against a fine guilloche background. The large denomination numeral 5 appears at left and right, with the Cyrillic legend РУБЛЕЙ below and Arabic script numerals flanking the central text panel. A cartouche at centre carries the authorisation text in Cyrillic, with serial number БД 6493 printed at left and right, and manuscript signatures of the Upravlyayushchy and Kassir at lower left and lower right respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | ВРЕМЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТ ТУРКЕСТАНСКАГО КРАЯ 5 РУБЛЕЙ Управляющий Кассир 1918 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green on plain paper, dominated by a large ornate numeral 5 at upper centre within foliate scroll work. The Cyrillic inscription ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ is set in bold lettering across the centre, with a further РУБЛЕЙ legend on a ribbon scroll below. A multi-line Cyrillic text panel above the central numeral references the Tashkent Soviet of People's Commissars of the Turkestan Soviet Republic. The year 1918 appears at the base within the scroll design, with the digit 5 repeated at left and right margins. |
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