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50 Roubles Socialist Soviet Republic of Armenia - Aleksandropol
| Issuer | Aleksandropolsky Gorodskoy Obshchestvennyy Bank (Alexandropol City Public Bank) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | АЛЕКСАНДРОПОЛЬСКIЙ ГОРОДСКОЙ ОБЩЕСТВЕННЫЙ БАНКЪ АЛЕКС. ГОР. ОБЩ. БАНКЪ Счётъ № Чекъ № Спец. Тек. Сч. А. П. О. банка Р.С. 50 К. Заплатите предъявителю Пятьдесятъ рублей списавъ сумму со счета Директора Декабря 191_ года |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, showing plain white paper with visible fold lines from circulation and minor soiling consistent with the note's age. Pencilled collector notations appear in the upper left and lower right corners. |
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Aleksandropol — now Gyumri — was briefly the second city of Soviet Armenia, and this note dates to a period of administrative chaos following the collapse of the Transcaucasian Federation. The Aleksandropolsky Gorodskoy Obshchestvennyy Bank was a municipal institution issuing emergency scrip out of practical necessity rather than any monetary policy — central authority had effectively dissolved, and local commerce needed something to function on.
Printed locally under wartime conditions, the production quality reflects those constraints. The city itself fell under Turkish occupation in late 1920 following the Ottoman–Armenian War, which terminated the issuing authority entirely. Notes that survived that period did so largely by chance.