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75 Roubles Piatigorsk-Batalpashchinsk Company, Independent Army
| Issuer | Kislovodsk Branch of the State Bank (Financial Commission, Commander of Volunteer Army Forces, Bat.-Piat. District) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | КИСЛОВОДСКОЕ ОТДѢЛЕНІЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА. Прошу заплатить предъявителю сего 75 (семьдесятъ пять) рублей и таковую же сумму списать съ моего счета. Финансовая Комиссія, образ. прик. Команд. войск. Бат.-Пят. отр. Добр. Арміи. Подѣлка преслѣдуется закономъ |
| Reverse description | Plain light ground with a circular red official stamp of the Batalpashinsk branch at lower left, bearing an Imperial eagle device. Serial number '11569' and year '1918 годъ.' appear at upper left in bold letterpress. Three paragraphs of Cyrillic text confirm that guaranteed cheques circulate on a par with credit notes and that funds will be paid exclusively to the bearer of this cheque. Two manuscript signatures — those of the Manager (Управляющий) and Cashier (Кассиръ) — appear at centre right. |
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The Volunteer Army's push through the North Caucasus in 1918 created a patchwork of local emergency issues, each reflecting how thinly stretched both military command and banking infrastructure had become. The Piatigorsk-Batalpashchinsk Company operated in a district caught between Bolshevik and White forces, and the Kislovodsk branch of the State Bank was functioning less as a bank than as a field treasury — issuing currency under a military financial commission rather than any conventional banking authority.
The denomination itself is telling. Seventy-five roubles sits awkwardly between round figures, suggesting it was calculated against a specific payroll or supply obligation rather than designed as general-purpose tender.