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50 Roubles Central Siberian Government
| Issuer | Central Siberian Government |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Large ornate monogram cipher '50' in guilloche style occupies the left half of the note, with a small tools vignette positioned beneath the numeral. To the right, Cyrillic text header reads 'Пятдесят Рублей' above a framed panel inscribed 'Сибирский Кредитный Билет' with the year 1918, followed by a guarantee text referencing the gold reserves of the Siberian branches of the State Bank. Two manuscript signatures and a serial number with prefix appear along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | ВСЕРОССИЙСКОЕ ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ ОРГАНА СОВЕТОВ И НАРОДНОГО СТРОЯ |
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The Central Siberian Government was one of several anti-Bolshevik administrations that emerged east of the Urals following the summer 1918 revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Its currency-issuing life was brief — by November 1918 it had been absorbed into Kolchak's All-Russian Provisional Government at Omsk, which rendered these notes obsolete almost immediately upon issue.
Short circulation window and the general chaos of the White movement's logistical collapse mean surviving examples have often seen hard use. Notes from this issuer frequently turn up with significant folds and soiling consistent with rapid, high-volume wartime handling rather than any redemption-era withdrawal.