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50 Kopecks Turkestan District
| Issuer | Turkestan District (Туркестанский Край) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 50 Kopecks (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large oval guilloche panel at the centre bearing the denomination '50 КОП' in bold numerals. Elaborate symmetrical floral and foliate scroll vignettes extend from a central ornamental motif at the top, filling the field in an intricate letterpress design. The denomination '50' and abbreviation 'КОП.' appear in each upper corner, with a cautionary anti-counterfeiting inscription in Cyrillic along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 КОП. КОП 50 50 КОП ПОДДѢЛКА ПРЕСЛѢДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМЪ |
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The Turkestan District issued its own provisional notes in 1918 as the region's administration fractured under the pressures of the Russian Civil War and the short-lived Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Republic. Cut off from central Bolshevik financial infrastructure and facing a near-total collapse of the coin supply, local authorities resorted to emergency scrip to keep commerce functioning at all. Small denominations bore the brunt of circulation demand and were handled constantly — surviving examples in clean condition are genuinely uncommon.
The S1161 series was typographically simple, almost austere, produced under conditions where sophisticated printing equipment simply wasn't available.