25 Roubles, Omsk Treasury obligation, 1919

This copy

Accession

OM-00089

Serial

АА 0160

Series year

1919

Actually issued

1919

head_of_the_accounting_department

not read uncertain

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

accountant

not read uncertain

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

Grade

VF (IBNS)

Clean, 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

148.6 × 59.9 mm (±0.5, from the scan)

Themes

Russian Civil WarWhite movementSiberiaTreasury obligation

The type

Type

25 Roubles, Omsk Treasury obligation, 1919

Printer

Not established

Rarity

common

Inscriptions

Reverse — the terms

Уплата процентовъ производится впередъ путемъ учета, безъ удержанія 5% сбора съ доходовъ отъ денежныхъ капиталовъ. Это обязательство можетъ быть обращено Государственнымъ Банкомъ въ именное посредствомъ надписи на оборотѣ

Interest is paid in advance by discount, without deduction of the 5% levy on income from monetary capital. This obligation may be converted by the State Bank into a registered instrument by endorsement on the reverse

Symbology

Double-headed eagle, crownless

The same eagle with the crowns, orb and sceptre stripped off - redrawn for the Provisional Government in 1917 by Ivan Bilibin, and nicknamed the 'chicken' for its plucked look. It is a state trying to stay continuous with what came before while disowning the part everyone objected to. The Soviets kept it unchanged for years afterwards.

Bilingual French endorsement

'Bons du Trésor' beside the Russian - a relic of pre-war banking practice and a quiet appeal to foreign creditors who never materialised.

What was happening

A short-term interest-bearing obligation of the State Treasury at Omsk — Kolchak's capital — payable at a fixed date at the State Bank. Formally these are debt instruments, not money; in practice they circulated as high-denomination currency across Siberia, which is why they survive worn rather than pristine.

The bilingual French endorsement (Bon du Trésor) is a relic of pre-war banking practice and a quiet appeal to foreign creditors who never materialised.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 25 Roubles, Omsk Treasury obligation, 1919 in the collection.