1 Rouble, Turkestan Krai, 1918

This copy

Accession

OM-00071

Serial

ЕИ 9509

Series year

1918

Actually issued

1918

manager

not read uncertain

Handwritten facsimile, legible on the note but not resolved to a name. Compare against a published signature list.

cashier

not read uncertain

Handwritten facsimile, legible on the note but not resolved to a name. Compare against a published signature list.

Grade

VF (IBNS)

Bright, light handling. Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.

Estimated value

$9 indicative

Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-09-07.

Dimensions

111.4 × 66.9 mm (±0.5, from the scan)

Themes

Russian Civil WarCentral AsiaArabic script

The type

Type

1 Rouble, Turkestan Krai, 1918

Printer

Not established

Rarity

common

Inscriptions

Obverse — a temporary issue

Временный кредитный билетъ Туркестанскаго края

Temporary credit note of the Turkestan Krai — improvised for a territory the size of western Europe, cut off from central Russia by the Civil War fronts

Symbology

Russian and Persian-Arabic script

The denomination in both, for a territory where most people read neither Russian nor Cyrillic.

What was happening

A temporary credit note of the Turkestan Krai, issued from Tashkent with text in Russian and Persian-Arabic script. Turkestan was cut off from central Russia by the Civil War fronts for much of 1918–19 and had to improvise a currency for a territory the size of western Europe.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 1 Rouble, Turkestan Krai, 1918 in the collection.