TATARSTAN 100 RUBLES 1993 UNC UNIFACE,STYLIZED IMAGE OF OLD CASTLE SOYEMBIKA TOWER IN KAZAN -CA.16th CENTURY-IN ORNATE FRAME AT RIGHT,RED AND GREEN,STATE FLAG INSIDE CIRCLE AT LEFT,FIRST CURRENCY CHECK ISSUE,Lettering:ТАТАРСТАН,Translation:Tatarstan,Reverse:Blank
Comments:Issued by the Republic of Tatarstan, and was issued for local circulation from 1991 to 1992. This is a currency check, issued in response to the breakup of the Soviet Union, to the hyperinflation that the newly introduced Russian ruble experienced after its introduction, and to respond to the shortages of necessities and goods that occurred throughout the Russian Federation.