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1 000 000 Roubles Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
| Issuer | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in red on a pale ground and displays the denomination ОДИН МИЛЛИОН РУБ. in large Cyrillic lettering at centre, repeated above in Arabic script, with the numeral 1000000 at left. Two serial number panels (ББ 0791) appear at upper centre, flanking a faint guilloche underprint. Signature lines for the Народный Комиссар Финансов and Кассир appear at lower centre, with the full republican title АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА arched along the lower margin. Decorative rosette corner ornaments and a fine floral border frame the design. |
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| Reverse description | The back is printed in red and centres on a large curved banderole bearing the denomination ОДИН МИЛЛИОН РУБЛЕЙ in Cyrillic and the equivalent in Arabic script above. At lower left, a vignette of the Soviet state arms of the Azerbaijan SSR — a hammer-and-sickle within a wreath — is set against the numeral 1000000. Two lines of Russian text below the denomination state the note's equal standing with Russian state currency signs and the backing of all republic assets. The republican title АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА arches across the lower portion, with fine guilloche borders framing the composition. |
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Azerbaijan's Soviet-era currency situation in 1922 was genuinely chaotic. The Transcaucasian republics — Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia — were being absorbed into the Soviet monetary system while simultaneously issuing their own transitional notes in enormous denominations driven by hyperinflation. This particular million-rouble note predates the formal establishment of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic's unified currency by only months; the TSFSR was proclaimed in March 1922, and Soviet monetary consolidation was still incomplete when notes like this were circulating.
Pick S719 falls within the Azerbaijan Baku issues, a series notable for being printed under extremely limited local resources. Surviving examples in any condition are scarcer than their Soviet Russian counterparts at comparable denominations.