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7½ Roubles Urals Cossack Territory
| Issuer | Ural Cossack Army (Уральское Казачье Войско) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 7 Roubles 50 Kopecks (7.50) |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note on unadorned paper, with text arranged in multiple lines across the face. The upper portion carries the designation 'Третій купонъ' (Third Coupon) alongside the denomination and a reference to a 6% obligation of the U.K.V. for 500 roubles. The central text states that the Military Treasury (Войсковое Казначейство) will pay the bearer on 13 December 1918, with the value stated in words as 'Семь руб. 50 коп.'; a manuscript serial number and a handwritten signature of a government member appear in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse not available; this coupon-type emergency issue appears to have no distinct reverse design. |
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The Ural Cossack Army was among the more tenacious anti-Bolshevik forces in the civil war, holding the Ural River line well into 1919 before final collapse. Like most regional White forces, they printed their own currency out of practical necessity — central Omsk supply was unreliable, and Bolshevik notes were politically unacceptable within their territory.
The 7½ Rouble denomination is the odd detail worth noting. Fractional Rouble notes of this value were unusual even by the chaotic standards of 1918 civil war scrip, likely reflecting a specific local valuation need rather than any broader monetary policy.