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500 Roubles Chita
| Issuer | State Bank, Chita Branch |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 500 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | A double-headed eagle vignette occupies the central field, flanked by two large circular guilloche medallions each bearing the denomination numeral 500. The heading «Государственный Банкъ» runs along the upper border, with the denomination inscription «Пятьсотъ Рублей» printed across the central vignette. The lower portion carries the branch designation «Читинское отдѣленіе» alongside the date 1920 and two manuscript signatures, all rendered in a blue letterpress impression. |
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| Reverse lettering | Имѣетъ хожденіе наравнѣ съ денежными знаками Подѣлка преслѣдуется закономъ |
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Chita served as the capital of the short-lived Far Eastern Republic, a nominally independent buffer state the Bolsheviks established in April 1920 to avoid direct confrontation with Japan along the Pacific frontier. The State Bank branch there issued a range of regional notes as the new government scrambled to establish some functional currency apparatus in a territory still contested by Semyonov's White forces and various interventionist armies.
S1188 belongs to a series notorious for poor print quality and rapid deterioration in circulation — the paper stock used in Chita was inconsistent, and many survivors show significant foxing and ink bleed even at relatively high grades.