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500 Roubles Second Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Siberian Provisional Government (State Treasury) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Large numeral '500' in an ornate vertical panel at left, with a double-headed eagle vignette within a decorative cartouche. The main field carries multi-line Cyrillic text constituting the treasury obligation legend, with manuscript signatures of the Director of the State Treasury Department and the Chief Accountant below. Serial number prefix 'А-А' and issue place 'Омск' (Omsk) appear in the lower portion, with the redemption date of 1 February 1920 noted at upper left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Руб. 500. / 5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства. / Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 февраля 1920 года пятьсот рублей въ Государственномъ Банкѣ, его Конторахъ и Отдѣленіяхъ. / Директоръ Отдѣла Государственного Казначейства / Начальникъ Бухгалтерскаго Отдѣленія / Бухгалтеръ / Омскъ, 1 февраля 1919 г. / А-А № 65976 |
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The Siberian Provisional Government — headquartered in Omsk under Admiral Kolchak from late 1918 — issued this note as part of a parallel monetary system competing with both Bolshevik currency and the various other White Army emissions circulating across the collapsing Russian state. Omsk at its peak functioned as the de facto capital of anti-Bolshevik Russia, and the treasury was printing aggressively to fund a military campaign that would effectively collapse by the end of 1919.
Local printing under wartime conditions meant quality control was inconsistent across the series. Kolchak's government fell to the Bolsheviks in January 1920, and the notes were repudiated almost immediately.