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50 Roubles Second Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Siberian Provisional Government (Omsk) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vertical ornamental panel with guilloche border encloses a small double-headed eagle vignette flanked by the denomination numeral '50' in tall figures; a French-language legend along the left margin reads 'Bons du trésor de CINQUANTE roubles Remboursables le 1 Janvier 1920'. The main field carries Cyrillic text identifying this as a short-term State Treasury obligation, with the maturity date of 1 January 1920 at top, the denomination 'РУБ. 50' at upper right, and the place and date of issue 'Омскъ 1 Января 1919 г.' at lower right. Three manuscript signature lines for the Director of the State Treasury Department, Chief Accountant, and Accountant appear across the lower centre, with a Cyrillic-prefixed serial number below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is covered entirely by a fine, dense guilloche underprint in pale olive-green, composed of interlocking small oval and lozenge motifs across the full surface, with no central vignette or text. |
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The Siberian Provisional Government at Omsk occupied an awkward position in the White movement's monetary chaos: it needed paper money quickly, lacked sophisticated printing infrastructure, and was competing with at least a dozen other anti-Bolshevik authorities issuing their own obligations across the former empire. This note was printed locally in Omsk rather than sourced from abroad, which shows in the comparatively simple execution compared to Kolchak-era issues later supplied through Allied channels.
Circulation was geographically bounded by the shifting front lines of the Civil War. When the Red Army took Omsk in November 1919, outstanding Siberian issues became worthless almost immediately — redemption was never offered.