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50 Roubles Urals Cossack Territory
| Issuer | Ural Cossack Army (Уральскаго Казачьяго Войска) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour guilloche panel at left incorporates an imperial double-headed eagle vignette above the denomination in Cyrillic characters. The central field carries the large-format denomination inscription ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ flanked by the numeral 50 at each upper corner, with the issue date boxes (15/28 марта 1918 г. / 15/28 декабря) printed in ruled frames on either side. Below the main legend, three manuscript signatures appear alongside printed titulatures of the Chairman of the Military Council, the Chairman of the Military Government, and the Accountant, with a serial number repeated at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | ОСНОВАНІЯ ВЫПУСКА НАСТОЯЩАГО ЗАЙМА Начисленіе роста начинается съ 15/28 марта 1918 года |
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The Ural Cossack Army issued its own currency during the Russian Civil War as the regional Cossack government fought to maintain independence from both the Bolsheviks and, nominally, the central White command. These notes circulated within a shrinking territory — by late 1919, Bolshevik pressure had effectively collapsed the Ural Cossack resistance, and most of the surviving leadership fled across the Caspian.
Short circulation window, chaotic redemption conditions, and a small issuing population keep genuine examples relatively uncommon. The S-prefix Pick designation confirms provisional wartime status.