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10 000 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the USSR (Gosbank) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 10 000 Roubles (10 000) |
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| Reverse description | The numeral 10000 printed in large bold figures at centre over a rosette guilloche underprint, with the word РУБЛЕЙ below. The denomination is rendered in multiple languages of the Soviet republics arranged around the borders, including Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Georgian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, and others. At right, a text panel reads ИМЕЕТ ХОЖДЕНИЕ ПО ВСЕЙ ТЕРРИТОРИИ СОЮЗА followed by the same declaration in the various languages of the union republics. |
| Reverse lettering | 10000 РУБЛЕЙ КАРБОВАНЦІВ РУБЛЕУ ИМЕЕТ ХОЖДЕНИЕ ПО ВСЕЙ ТЕРРИТОРИИ СОЮЗА ДЗЯРЖАЎНЫ ГРАШОВЫ ЗНАК САЮЗУ САВЕЦКІХ САЦЫЯЛІСТЫЧНЫХ РЭСПУБЛІК ДЕРЖАВНИЙ ГРОШОВИЙ ЗНАК СОЮЗУ РАДЯНСЬКИХ СОЦІАЛІСТИЧНИХ РЕСПУБЛІК |
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The 1923 Soviet currency reform was a two-stage process, and this note belongs to the first stage — the introduction of 1923-dated roubles at a conversion rate of one million pre-reform roubles to one new rouble. Hyperinflation had rendered earlier denominations effectively worthless, and the Bolshevik government was still less than a year away from launching the chervonets-backed stable currency that would eventually supersede the entire 1923 rouble series entirely.
The high face value reflects how severely purchasing power had collapsed. A 10,000-rouble note at this stage was a practical necessity, not a prestige denomination.