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100 Roubles
| Issuer | Azerbaijan Republic |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown on an intricate orientalist framework of arched panels and guilloche borders evoking traditional Azerbaijani architectural motifs. The large Cyrillic legend СТО РУБЛЕЙ occupies the upper central field, with the denomination also rendered in Arabic script يوز منات, and numeral medallions reading 100 positioned at left and right. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower left identifying the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Finance, with additional signatures at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | آزربايجان جومهوریتی СТО РУБЛЕЙ ۱۰۰ آزربايجان جومهوریتی 100 يوز مانت поддѣлка преследуется ЗАКОНОМЪ (Translation: Republic of Azerbaijan, One Hundred Rubles, One Hundred Manat, Counterfeit is prosecuted by the law) |
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Azerbaijan's Democratic Republic — the first parliamentary democracy in the Muslim world — collapsed in April 1920 when the Red Army entered Baku, making the entire local currency issue effectively obsolete within roughly two years of independence. The 100 Roubles of 1919 belongs to the transitional period when the republic was attempting to build functional institutions while simultaneously fighting on multiple fronts, including territorial disputes with Armenia over Karabakh that were already drawing blood.
Paper quality and ink consistency vary noticeably across surviving examples of P#5, reflecting the constrained printing conditions of a government that never fully stabilized its supply chains before Soviet annexation ended the experiment entirely.