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50 Roubles Armavir
| Issuer | Armavir Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 50 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress face printed in black on white paper, headed ТВЕРДЫЙ ГАРАНТИРОВАННЫЙ ЧЕКЪ (Guaranteed Firm Cheque) of the Armavir Branch of the State Bank, with the denomination of 50 roubles stated in both numerals and text, a handwritten date and an instruction to pay the bearer and debit the drawer's current account. A violet cancellation stamp of the Ekaterinodar Commercial Bank is applied across the lower portion, accompanied by two manuscript signatures. The series letter and serial number are printed vertically along the left margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | ТВЕРДЫЙ ГАРАНТИРОВАННЫЙ ЧЕКЪ Армавирскаго Отдѣленія Государственнаго Банка НА 50 РУБ. Прошу заплатить предъявителю сего ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ рублей и таковую же сумму списать с моего текущего счета № Серія А № |
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Armavir's municipal and quasi-banking issues of 1918 belong to the chaotic class of Russian Civil War emergency money — the so-called "bonki" and local scrip produced when central currency dried up and competing White, Red, and independent regional authorities each tried to keep commerce moving. The Armavir branch of the State Bank issued several denominations in this period, operating under circumstances where the political authority guaranteeing the notes could change hands within weeks.
The "F" suffix in the Pick reference indicates a specific signature or printing variant within the S479 series — worth verifying against the actual signature block, as these distinctions drive meaningful catalog value differences.