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500 Roubles Zhytomyr - Azov Don Commercial Bank
| Issuer | Azov-Don Commercial Bank, Zhytomyr Branch (Азовско-Донской Коммерческий Банк, Житомирское Отделение) |
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| Year | 1918-1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper cheque-format note in black letterpress on cream stock, with decorative side panels bearing vertical Cyrillic text. The heading reads ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ БАНКЪ (State Bank) in large bold type, beneath which the Zhytomyr Branch of the Azov-Don Commercial Bank is identified as the issuing authority. The denomination of пятьсот рублей (five hundred roubles) is printed in large Cyrillic script at centre, with the amount Р. 500.– in the upper right, serial number at lower left, and ruled lines for the Manager (Управляющий) and Accountant (Бухгалтер) signatures at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Сей чек действителен и после истечения десяти дней и подлежит обмену на наличныя деньги по получении денежных знаков в Житомирском Отделении Государственнаго Банка. Житомирское Отделение Государственнаго Банка Управляющий Контролер 500 РУБЛЕЙ |
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The Azov-Don Commercial Bank was one of the largest private commercial banks in pre-revolutionary Russia, with its head office in Petrograd and branches spread across the former empire. During the Civil War period, the collapse of central monetary authority forced regional branches to issue their own emergency obligations — this Zhytomyr branch note is a product of that breakdown, circulating in a city that changed hands repeatedly between Ukrainian, Bolshevik, and White forces between 1918 and 1920.
Private bank emergency issues from this period were rarely redeemed. The parent institution was nationalized by the Bolsheviks in December 1917, which technically made the branch's subsequent note issuance an act of financial improvisation with no backing authority behind it.