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500 Roubles Field Treasury of the Northwest Front
| Issuer | Field Treasury of the Northwest Front (Полевое Казначейство Северо-Западного Фронта) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 500 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | At left, a circular vignette enclosing the denomination '500' is flanked by crossed flags, shields, and military trophies in a dark engraved composition. To the right, a perched eagle faces left against a plain field, with the text ДЕНЕЖНЫЙ ЗНАКЪ and ПЯТЬСОТЪ РУБЛЕЙ in bold Cyrillic letterpress above a two-line text block. The date 1919 appears at lower left, with red serial numbers printed at upper centre and upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ДЕНЕЖНЫЙ ЗНАКЪ ПЯТЬСОТЪ РУБЛЕЙ СЕВЕРО-ЗАПАДНОГО ФРОНТА ПОЛЕВОЕ КАЗНАЧЕЙСТВО 1919 УПРАВЛЯЮЩІЙ ГЛАВНОКОМАНДУЮЩІЙ |
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The Field Treasury of the Northwest Front was the financial arm of General Nikolai Yudenich's White Army during its 1919 campaigns against Petrograd. These notes were emergency instruments issued to pay troops and procure supplies in territory that shifted almost weekly — the front collapsed entirely by late November 1919 after the second failed push on Petrograd, and the issuing authority ceased to exist within months.
Redemption never came. The Northwestern Army dissolved into Estonia, and these notes became worthless almost immediately after printing. Survivors exist largely because they never circulated long enough to wear out.