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100 Roubles
| Issuer | Government Bank, Yerevan Branch |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ЭРИВАНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА. Специальный тек. счетъ Правительства Республики Арменіи. Сер. Б. 14 № 040 Руб. 100. Эривань, Августъ 1919 года. Предъявитель сего чека имѣетъ получить изъ Эриванскаго Отдѣленія Государственнаго Банка СТО рублей. Министръ-Предсѣдатель Управляющій Министерствомъ Финансовъ Настоящій чекъ имѣетъ обязательное хожденіе наравнѣ съ кредитными билетами. |
| Reverse description | Plain light-coloured reverse bearing a three-line acceptance inscription in Cyrillic stating that the cheque was accepted by the Erivan Branch of the State Bank and is payable from 15 November 1919. Below, three manuscript signatures appear under the respective titles Управляющій Эриванскимъ Отдѣл. Государственнаго Банка (Manager of the Erivan Branch of the State Bank), Контролеръ (Controller), and Кассиръ (Cashier). |
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Armenia's brief independence between 1918 and 1920 required a functioning currency, but the Yerevan branch of the Government Bank was working under severe constraints — limited printing resources, acute paper shortages, and a treasury perpetually strained by war with both Azerbaijan and Ottoman irregular forces. The 100 Rouble notes of 1919 were produced locally under these conditions, which accounts for the relatively crude execution compared to contemporaneous Transcaucasian issues.
The Armenian rouble notes of this period circulated alongside Georgian, Azerbaijani, and Transcaucasian Commissariat issues in a chaotic regional monetary environment. Soviet annexation in late 1920 rendered the entire series obsolete almost immediately.