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500 Roubles Don Cossack Military Government
| Issuer | Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye (Don Cossack Army Government) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A circular vignette at left displays the double-headed eagle arms of the Don Cossack forces within a wreath, with the vertical text ВСЕВЕЛИКОЕ ВОЙСКО ДОНСКОЕ beneath. The main text field carries a large Cyrillic heading identifying this as a 5% short-term obligation of the Great Don Army, with the denomination ПЯТЬСОТ РУБ. stated in text, serial number below, and the place and date of issue — Новочеркасск, 1 Октября 1919 г. — at lower right. The maturity date СРОК 1 АПРЕЛЯ 1919 Г. and the value РУБ. 500 appear at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5% КРАТКОСРОЧНОЕ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬСТВО ВСЕВЕЛИКАГО ВОЙСКА ДОНСКОГО СРОК 1 АПРЕЛЯ 1919 Г. РУБ. 500 ПЯТЬСОТ РУБ. ВСЕВЕЛИКОЕ ВОЙСКО ДОНСКОЕ Новочеркасск 1 Октября 191_ г. |
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The Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye — the Don Cossack Military Government headquartered at Novocherkassk — issued its own currency during the Civil War as the White movement held the Don region against Bolshevik forces. Printing locally was both a practical necessity and a political statement: the Don Cossacks under Ataman Krasnov had declared themselves an independent state in 1918, and the currency reinforced that claim whether or not the infrastructure to back it existed.
By 1919, Krasnov had been replaced by Bogayevsky and the Don Army folded increasingly under Denikin's AFSR command. These notes circulated in a shrinking territory and collapsed in value rapidly as the White position deteriorated through late 1919 and into 1920.