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500 Roubles Don Cossack Military Government
| Issuer | Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye (Don Cossack Army Government) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | A 5% short-term obligation (краткосрочное обязательство) of the Don Cossack Army, with the double-headed eagle arms of the Don Host enclosed in an oval cartouche at left and the denomination '500' in large numerals along the left vertical margin. The upper right carries the denomination in figures (Руб. 500), the maturity date of 1 October 1919, and the series designation (Серія АГ.), followed by the main text of the obligation in Cyrillic letterpress. Manuscript signatures of the Head of the Finance Department and a countersignature appear at lower right, accompanied by the issue date and place: Novocherkassk, 1 October 1918. |
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| Reverse description | Cream paper with a large pale-tint vignette of the double-headed eagle of the Don Host set within a laurel wreath, printed in underprint at centre-left. The right portion carries Cyrillic letterpress text setting out additional conditions of the obligation, together with a circular handstamp of the Don State Bank indicating the place of acceptance and manuscript signatures. |
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The Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye — the Don Cossack Military Government headquartered at Novocherkassk — issued its own currency throughout the Civil War period as the White movement struggled to maintain functional economies in territory it controlled. This 500-rouble note dates to 1919, a year of dramatic territorial reversals for the Don Army under Ataman Bogaevsky: early advances collapsed by summer, and Bolshevik forces had retaken much of the Don region before the year ended.
Notes printed locally at Novocherkassk during this period frequently show inconsistent ink coverage and uneven paper quality — a direct consequence of wartime supply disruptions, not press deterioration. Redemption after the White collapse was nil.