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50 Roubles Provisional Siberian Administration
| Issuer | Provisional Government of Siberia (Сибирское Временное Правительство) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in olive-green on plain paper and centres on a large ornate cartouche with scrollwork and tassel ornaments enclosing the text of the obligation clause in Cyrillic script. Above the cartouche, a bold heading reads the treasury note title and issuing authority; below, the denomination ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ is set in large Cyrillic capitals. The numeral 50 appears in each corner and again at the base of the cartouche, while two manuscript signatures of the Manager and Cashier appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЙ ЗНАКЪ СИБИРСКАГО ВРЕМЕННАГО ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВА ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ РУБЛЕЙ Подделка преследуется закономъ 50 |
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The Provisional Siberian Administration's 50 Rouble note of 1920 belongs to the chaotic final phase of White movement finance in Siberia. Admiral Kolchak's regime had collapsed by early 1920 following the fall of Omsk in November 1919, and the various successor administrations scrambling to maintain authority issued currency that was already worthless before the ink dried. The Bolshevik advance was essentially complete by the time most of these notes entered circulation.
Rampant overissue by competing White authorities had destroyed public confidence entirely. These notes circulated — when they circulated at all — at steep discounts against goods, and were frequently refused outright in favor of Tsarist-era coin or foreign currency.