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500 Roubles Terek Cossack Command
| Issuer | Terek Cossack Army (Терское Казачье Войско) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 19 Іюля 1918 г. гор. Моздокъ Терской области ДОЛГОВОЕ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬСТВО В. №203 На 500 Руб. Президентъ Терскаго Казачье Крестьянскаго Совѣта Товарищъ его Члены Совѣта Секретарь 500 |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted paper reverse with a preprinted interest payment schedule in black letterpress, providing ruled lines for recording interest received across three successive periods: from 1918 to 1 January 1919, from 1919 to 1 July 1919, and from 1919 to 1 January 1920, each period accompanied by spaces for the amount in roubles and kopeks and a manuscript signature line. |
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The Terek Cossack Army issued its own currency in 1918 as Bolshevik forces fragmented financial authority across the North Caucasus. Mozdok was the seat of the Terek People's Republic at the time — a short-lived Soviet-aligned entity that briefly displaced the Cossack command — which makes the attribution of local printing here historically loaded. The Cossack administration was fighting a civil war on multiple fronts simultaneously, including against Bolshevik Terek separatists and encroaching Red Army units.
Notes of this emission were produced under severe material constraints and show it. Paper quality varied considerably across the print run.