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5 Roubles Vladikavkaz
| Issuer | Vladikavkaz Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 5 Roubles |
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| Obverse lettering | ВЛАДИКАВКАЗСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ № счета предъявителю сего Прошу заплатить и таковую же сумму списать с моего текущего счета 191 г. |
| Reverse description | Plain paper printed entirely in black, carrying a guarantee text in Cyrillic script confirming that the cheque is secured by funds held at the Vladikavkaz Branch of the State Bank, circulates on a par with State credit notes, and will be exchanged for such notes at the earliest opportunity. Two manuscript signatures appear at the foot, attributed respectively to the Manager (Управляющий) and the Comptroller (Контролер). |
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The Vladikavkaz Branch of the State Bank issued these notes during a period of extreme political fragmentation in the North Caucasus. By 1920, the region had passed through Tsarist, Menshevik, White Army, and Bolshevik administrations in rapid succession, and local branch issues became a practical necessity as central supply lines for banknotes collapsed entirely.
P#S600A sits within the broader category of Russian Civil War provisional issues — a collecting field where authentication matters, as many notes from this period were counterfeited contemporaneously, not just in later decades.