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50 Roubles Far Eastern Republic
| Issuer | Far Eastern Republic |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain pink note with an ornamental border of repeating geometric motifs enclosing the entire design. The denomination numeral '50' is printed in large bold figures at the centre, flanked on the left and right by the value in Cyrillic text arranged vertically. The header inscription reads 'РАСЧЕТНЫЙ ЗНАК / Дальне-Восточной Республики', with a legal tender obligation clause and the date '1920 г.' printed below, accompanied by series letters and serial number. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark teal-green on plain paper, the reverse is dominated by a circular vignette at centre containing a sheaf of grain crossed with a hammer and sickle-style tools, symbolising the republic's agrarian and labour identity. The background is filled with dense cross-hatching, and the design is enclosed within a beaded rectangular border. An anti-counterfeiting inscription appears along the lower margin. |
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The Far Eastern Republic was a nominally independent democratic buffer state established in April 1920 at Soviet instigation — Moscow needed a diplomatic cushion to avoid direct confrontation with Japanese forces still occupying Siberian territory. The FER issued its own currency, but the arrangement was always temporary. When Japanese troops withdrew in late 1922, the buffer state was dissolved almost immediately, absorbed into Soviet Russia within weeks.
P#S1206 belongs to a series printed under chaotic conditions in Chita, the FER capital. Circulation life was short by design, and surviving examples in any condition are relatively scarce given how briefly the issuing authority itself existed.