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50 Roubles Second Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Siberian Provisional Government - State Treasury |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Short-term Treasury obligation (краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства) with a vertical ornamental cartouche at left incorporating the double-headed eagle vignette and the denomination '50' in large numerals. The main text field states payment of fifty roubles at State Bank branches on 1 June 1920, with bilingual French and English marginal inscriptions along the left border. Three manuscript signature lines for departmental officials appear in the lower centre, with the issuance place and date 'Омскъ 1 Іюня 1919 г.' at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Срокъ 1 Іюня 1920 г. РУБ. 50 Краткосрочное обязательство Государственнаго Казначейства Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Іюня 1920 г. пятьдесятъ рублей въ Государственномъ Банкѣ, его Конторахъ и Отдѣленіяхъ Директоръ Департамента Государственнаго Казначейства Начальникъ Бухгалтерскаго Отдѣленія Бухгалтеръ Омскъ 1 Іюня 1919 г. Bon du Trésor de CINQUANTE roubles Remboursable le 1 Juin 1920 Treasury Bill of FIFTY roubles Payable on 1 June 1920 |
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The Siberian Provisional Government at Omsk was functioning as the principal anti-Bolshevik administration in the east when this note was issued — a political entity that would survive only until early 1920, when Kolchak's White Army collapsed and Omsk fell to Red forces. The entire currency programme was improvised under wartime conditions, with limited access to sophisticated printing equipment, which is reflected in the comparatively plain presswork throughout the S860 series.
Notes from this government circulated across an enormous but militarily unstable geographic zone, accepted unevenly depending on how close the front lines were at any given moment. Surviving examples often show heavy use; the paper quality was uneven from the outset, and notes that saw real circulation show it.