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500 Roubles Crimea
| Issuer | Crimean Regional Treasury (Крымское Краевое Казначейство) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The double-headed eagle vignette appears at the upper left, serving as the state emblem. The main text body, set in Cyrillic letterpress, constitutes an obligation of the Crimean Regional Treasury for 500 roubles, issued on the basis of a Council of Ministers decree dated 16 August 1918, redeemable from 1 January 1919 at any Crimean Treasury or branch of the Regional Bank. The serial number is hand-written at upper right, and the note bears the date 'Simferopol, 1 September 1918' with three manuscript signatures below, including those of the Minister of Finance and the Treasurer. |
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| Obverse lettering | Обязательство Крымского Краевого Казначейства. На сумму ПЯТЬСОТ (500) руб. ПЯТЬСОТ РУБЛЕЙ |
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The Crimean Regional Treasury operated during one of the peninsula's most chaotic intervals — 1918 saw Crimea pass through Bolshevik control, German occupation following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and then the German-backed Crimean Regional Government under General Sulkevich, all within a single year. These treasury notes were issued under that German-sponsored administration, which lasted only from June to November 1918 before collapsing when Berlin's armistice ended its patronage.
Printed locally in Simferopol rather than sent abroad — unlike many provincial Russian Civil War emissions — the notes reflect the limited production means available to a government that knew it was provisional. Paper quality and print registration vary considerably across surviving examples, a direct consequence of wartime supply constraints on the local presses.