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50 Kopek - Baku City Government
| Uitgever | Baku City Government (Бакинская Городская Управа) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1918 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The central vignette presents the municipal coat of arms of Baku — a shield charged with three flame devices and flanked by oak branches — printed in dark ink over an orange-brown textured ground. Large denomination numerals '50' occupy ornate star-shaped cartouches at left and right of the arms. Two facsimile manuscript signatures below the vignette identify the City Head and a Member of the Board. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | ИМѢЕТЪ ХОЖДЕНІЕ НАРАВНѢ СЪ РАЗМѢННОЙ СЕРЕБРЯНОЙ МОНЕТОЙ КОП. 50 КОП. ПОДДѢЛКА ПРЕСЛѢДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМЪ (Translation: Circulates on a par with silver subsidiary coinage of 50 Kopeks. Counterfeiting is prosecuted by law.) |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Baku City Government was one of dozens of local municipal and regional authorities across the former Russian Empire that resorted to issuing their own small-denomination scrip during 1917–1918, as the collapse of central monetary authority left provincial commerce without functioning small change. Kopek-denomination notes of this type were genuine emergency instruments — not symbolic gestures — because metal coinage had essentially vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted down.
Baku in 1918 was in a particularly volatile position: the city changed hands between the Baku Commune, British forces, and Azerbaijani nationalists within a single calendar year. Whether this scrip saw meaningful circulation beyond a narrow window is uncertain.