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1 Rouble Control number
| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire (Государственный Банк) |
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| Year | 1917-1918 |
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| Size | 150 × 90 mm |
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| Obverse description | Blue-green intaglio print on beige paper, with the central denomination and issuer text set within a stepped, tiered rectangular frame of fine letterpress ornamental guilloche borders. The small Imperial Coat of Arms is positioned at left and the Emperor's Imperial cipher at right, flanking the central inscription block. A two-part serial number appears at lower left and lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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This 1-rouble control coupon was a direct product of wartime fiscal collapse. By 1917, the Provisional Government had so thoroughly exhausted the empire's printing capacity — and its public credibility — that these small-denomination notes were issued essentially as change substitutes, filling the void left by hoarded silver and copper coins that had vanished from circulation entirely. The series continued into early Soviet administration, which is why the date range straddles the revolution.
The Goznak facility in Petrograd kept the presses running through extraordinary political disruption. Pick #15 is frequently found with misaligned control numbers, a predictable consequence of the conditions under which it was produced.