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500 Roubles Second Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Siberian Provisional Government (State Treasury) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 500 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | 5% short-term State Treasury obligation with the denomination '500' printed vertically at left within a decorative border, small double-headed eagle vignette at left centre. The text body is set in Cyrillic letterpress, authorising payment of five hundred roubles at State Bank offices and branches. Facsimile signatures of the Director of the State Treasury Department and the Chief of the Accounting Division appear below the main text, with serial number and issue date at bottom, place of issue given as Omsk, 1 January 1919. |
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| Obverse lettering | Срок 1 Января 1920 г. Руб. 500. 5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства. Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Января 1920 года пятьсот рублей в Государственном Банке, его Конторах и Отделениях. Директор Отдела Государственного Казначейства Начальник Бухгалтерского Отделения Бухгалтер Омск, 1 Января 1919. |
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The Siberian Provisional Government — backed by Admiral Kolchak's White Army and briefly recognized by Allied powers as a legitimate anti-Bolshevik authority — issued this note from Omsk during one of the more chaotic periods of the Russian Civil War. Omsk served as the White capital until November 1919, when Kolchak's forces collapsed under Red Army pressure and the city fell. Notes from this administration had an extraordinarily short operational window.
Printing in Omsk rather than through established pre-revolutionary facilities in Moscow or Petrograd meant working with limited equipment and paper stock. Inflation was severe enough that 500 Roubles was already a practical denomination rather than a large one by the time these entered circulation.