5000 Roubles Don Cossack Military Government

The Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye — the Don Cossack Host — issued its own currency throughout the Civil War period as the White-aligned Cossack government in Novocherkassk functioned as a quasi-independent state under Ataman Krasnov and later Bogaevsky. Printing locally rather than relying on Denikin's Volunteer Army supply chain was a deliberate assertion of political autonomy, one that created persistent friction between the Don government and the broader White command.

At 5,000 Roubles, this is among the highest denominations in the Don series — a direct response to the hyperinflationary conditions accelerating through 1919 as the southern front collapsed. The handstamp security feature reflects the limited anti-counterfeiting infrastructure available in Novocherkassk at the time.