Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
90 Roubles Siberian Revolution Committee
| Issuer | Siberian Revolutionary Committee (Sibrevkom) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 90 Roubles |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | An uncut sheet of twenty individual 4 Roubles 50 Kopeks lottery-bond coupons arranged in a 4x5 grid, printed in blue-green with a bold red overprint. Each coupon bears Cyrillic text identifying the series and number, with the denomination and issuing authority inscribed within a guilloche-bordered frame. The red overprint diagonally across each coupon consolidates the face value of the complete sheet to 90 Roubles. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse of the uncut sheet presents twenty individual coupon backs, each printed in blue-grey with an elaborate guilloche vignette at center enclosing a large numeral corresponding to the coupon sequence number. The ornate scalloped border surrounding each numeral panel is rendered in fine lathe-work typical of security printing of the period, set against a lightly textured plain paper background. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Sibrevkom's 90-rouble denomination is one of the odder round numbers in the entire Russian Civil War currency record — a figure that reflects not monetary theory but the practical reality of combining two pre-existing Soviet denominations into a single note to address an acute shortage of small currency in Siberia. The Siberian Revolutionary Committee itself was a temporary administrative organ established by Moscow in late 1919, immediately following Kolchak's military collapse, tasked with reasserting Bolshevik control over a region still economically chaotic and flooded with competing paper from at least half a dozen prior issuing authorities.
Distinguishing genuine examples from later reproductions requires attention to paper feel and ink strike — this series has a known history of being counterfeited during the period of its own circulation.