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25 Roubles
| Issuer | Erivan Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Reference(s) | P#8A |
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| Obverse lettering | ЭРИВАНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА Специальный тек. счет Правительства Республики Армении Сер. Ж 27 № 0144 Эриванъ, Августъ 1919 года РУБ. 25 РУБ. Предъявитель сего тек. чека имеетъ получить изъ Эриванскаго Отделения Государственнаго Банка двадцать пять рублей Министръ Председатель Министръ Финансовъ Настоящий чекъ имеетъ обязательное хождение наравне съ кредитными билетами |
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| Reverse lettering | Настоящий чекъ акцептованъ Эриванскимъ Отделениемъ Государственнаго Банка и подлежитъ оплате Отделениемъ Банка съ 15 ноября 1919 года Управляющий Эриванскимъ Отдел. Государственнаго Банка Контролеръ Кассиръ |
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The Erivan branch of the Russian State Bank began issuing its own regional notes in 1919 as central authority from Moscow had effectively ceased to function across the Caucasus. Armenia at this point was caught between competing pressures — the newly declared Armenian Republic, ongoing Dashnak administration, and the remnants of Russian imperial banking infrastructure still nominally operating out of Erivan. This note is a product of that administrative overlap, not of any single coherent monetary authority.
Pick 8A is distinguished from the closely related 8 by differences in the serial number format. The printing itself was rudimentary, a reflection of the limited press facilities available in Erivan at the time.