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90 Roubles Siberian Revolution Committee
| Issuer | Siberian Revolutionary Committee (Sibrevkom) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 90 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Uncut sheet of twenty individual 4 Ruble 50 Kopek coupons (totalling 90 Roubles), arranged in a 4×5 grid, each coupon numbered sequentially from 1 to 20. Each coupon bears Cyrillic text indicating the issuing authority, series designation, coupon number, and denomination, printed in black letterpress on white paper with a lightly ornamented border. The sheet is dated 16 May 1920 and 16 November 1920, with manuscript or typeset serial number and series entries visible on individual coupons. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of the uncut sheet presents each of the twenty coupons with a simple guilloche vignette in brownish-red, centrally displaying the coupon number in bold numerals within a decorative cartouche of scrollwork and floral ornament. The coupons are printed on plain cream paper with no additional text, the understated design relying entirely on the guilloche pattern for its visual effect. |
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The Sibrevkom notes of 1920 are among the more administratively peculiar issues of the Russian Civil War period. The Siberian Revolutionary Committee was a Soviet organ established in late 1919 to govern territories seized from Kolchak's retreating forces — it was a transitional body, not a permanent bank, which makes its issuance of currency an index of just how chaotic monetary administration remained even after Bolshevik military victory in Siberia.
The 90-rouble denomination is an odd one, almost certainly reflecting an attempt to rationalize or replace specific face values of earlier Siberian or Kolchak-era notes still circulating in the region at the time.