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50 Roubles Turkestan District
| Issuer | Turkestan District (Tashkent) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a double-headed eagle above a group of five heraldic shields, with the denomination 50 printed in blue at left and right and in large numerals at centre. The heading ВРЕМЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ (Provisional Credit Note) appears at top, with ТУРКЕСТАН СКАГО КРАЯ flanking the eagle; the date 1918 is incorporated into the central underprint. Denomination in Arabic script and serial number ВД 4862 appear in the lower right, with signatures of the Komissar and Upravlyayushchiy at bottom. |
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| Reverse description | A panoramic vignette of a Central Asian city skyline — likely Tashkent — occupies the centre of the note, with low-rise buildings, minarets, and domes rendered in fine line engraving. A decorative garland of regional fruits, vegetables, and foliage borders the lower edge. The large Cyrillic legend ПЯТДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ is printed across the lower centre, with the denomination numeral 50 at upper left and right within guilloche underprint panels. |
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The Turkestan District notes of 1918 were produced under conditions of near-total isolation. After the Bolshevik seizure of Tashkent in late 1917, the region was cut off from central Russian currency supplies, forcing local Soviet authorities to print their own emergency issues. The Tashkent printing facility had limited equipment and ink stocks, and it shows — the series is notoriously uneven in impression quality across surviving examples.
Turkestan would remain a contested zone for years, with Basmachi resistance ongoing well into the 1920s. Notes from this issue circulated in genuinely unstable conditions.