50 Kopecks, Ekaterinodar, 1918

This copy

Accession

OM-00100

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

VG (IBNS)

Edge damage, staining, heavy wear. Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not. Originally catalogued as Ekaterinburg; the note reads 'Екатеринодарской', a different city 2000 km away.

Estimated value

$4.5 indicative

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

Dimensions

94.1 × 63.7 mm (±0.6, from the scan)

Themes

Russian Civil WarKubanWhite movementSmall change

The type

Type

50 Kopecks, Ekaterinodar, 1918

Printer

Not established

Rarity

common

Inscriptions

Obverse — the branch's warrant

Выпущенъ Екатеринодарской краевой конторой Государственнаго банка

Issued by the Ekaterinodar regional office of the State Bank

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.

What was happening

Issued at Ekaterinodar — now Krasnodar — by the regional office of the State Bank. The Kuban was the base of the Volunteer Army and the seat of the White movement in the south, and its branch of the State Bank printed small change because coin had vanished and the centre no longer supplied any.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 50 Kopecks, Ekaterinodar, 1918 in the collection.