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500 Roubles Second Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Second Siberian Provisional Administration |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | A vertical ornamental panel at left bears the numeral '500' in tall figures alongside a small double-headed eagle vignette. The main field is occupied by text in Cyrillic script detailing the 5% short-term Treasury obligation, with the denomination written out in full in bold lettering. Two manuscript signatures of treasury officials appear below the printed text, with serial number and date of issue at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Апрѣля 1920 года пятьсотъ рублей въ Государственномъ Банкѣ, его Конторахъ и Отдѣленiяхъ Директоръ Отдѣла Государственного Казначейства Начальникъ Бухгалтерскаго Отдѣленiя БТ Бухгалтеръ Срокъ 1 Апрѣля 1920 г. Руб. 500. Омскъ, 1 Апрѣля 1919 г. |
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The Second Siberian Provisional Administration occupied an awkward political position even by the chaotic standards of the Russian Civil War — it operated in the brief window between the collapse of Kolchak's authority and Bolshevik consolidation in western Siberia. Notes of this series circulated in a region where multiple competing currencies were simultaneously in use, and local acceptance was often a matter of geography and which armed faction currently held the town.
Pick S854 sits in a dense thicket of Siberian provisional issues from 1919, many of which were printed under severe supply constraints. Attribution of specific printing sources for this series remains contested in the literature.