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5000 Roubles First Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Siberian Provisional Government (Государственное Казначейство Сибири) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | A 5% short-term obligation of the Siberian State Treasury, with the denomination 5000 roubles printed vertically at left within a decorative border. The central text in Cyrillic states that the bearer is to be paid five thousand roubles at the State Bank of Siberia and its branches on 1 November 1919, with the date of issue given as Omsk, 1 November 1918. A double-headed eagle vignette appears at left, with manuscript signatures of the Director of the Siberian State Treasury Department and the Chief Accountant below the main text. |
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| Obverse lettering | Срок 1 Ноября 1919 г. Руб. 5,000. 5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства Сибири Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Ноября 1919 года пять тысяч рублей в Государственном Банке Сибири и его Отделениях. Директор Отдела Государственного Казначейства Сибири Начальник Бухгалтерского Отделения Бухгалтер Омск, 1 Ноября 1918 г. |
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The Siberian Provisional Government's treasury notes of 1918 emerged from a genuinely chaotic administrative situation: the anti-Bolshevik governments proliferating across Siberia after the Czech Legion's seizure of the Trans-Siberian Railway in May 1918 each needed functioning currency almost immediately. The "First Siberian Provisional Administration" designation on this note reflects an early phase before the Omsk Directorate consolidated authority — a consolidation that itself lasted only until Kolchak's coup in November 1918.
The 5000-rouble denomination was enormous for the period, a direct response to the inflation already ravaging Romanov and Kerensky-era roubles still circulating alongside these new issues. Multiple emission authorities meant that counterparty acceptance was never guaranteed even within Siberian territory.