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50 Kopecks Odessa
| Issuer | City of Odessa |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a delicate guilloche underprint in pale rose with a large grey-green floral wreath vignette at centre, within which the denomination numeral '50' appears as a ghosted underprint. A two-line anti-counterfeiting inscription is printed in bold letterpress at the top, with a series prefix letter combination at lower left and a serial number at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | ПОДДѢЛКА ПРЕСЛѢДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМЪ ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ КОПѣЕКЪ (Translation: FALSIFICATION IS PROSECUTED BY LAW FIFTY KOPECKS) |
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Odessa issued its own fractional currency in 1917 as the Provisional Government's writ collapsed and central coin supplies dried up. Dozens of Russian cities resorted to the same expedient that year — locally printed scrip to replace hoarded small change — but Odessa's municipal issues are among the more carefully produced examples from the southern ports, reflecting the city's commercial weight and its relatively intact administrative apparatus in the early months of revolutionary disorder.
The S-prefix Pick reference places this firmly in the specialized Russian civil-war period catalogue. Surviving examples often show heavy fold wear consistent with actual till use.