Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 000 Roubles STATE TREASURY 5% SHORT TERM OBLIGATIONS
| Issuer | State Treasury of the Russian Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red on a pale pink ground, the design consisting solely of an elaborate oval guilloche medallion at centre bearing the denomination numerals and the word «рублей» in Cyrillic below, surrounded by concentric layers of fine engine-turned lathe work. A diamond-pattern guilloche underprint covers the entire field. |
| Reverse lettering | 10.000 рублей |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
These 5% short-term obligations were issued by the Imperial Treasury as a wartime fiscal instrument — not conventional currency in the modern sense, but bearer bonds designed to circulate as money while simultaneously servicing Russia's catastrophic First World War financing needs. The dual function was deliberate: by paying 5% interest, the Treasury hoped to discourage hoarding and encourage voluntary acceptance alongside coin, which was disappearing from circulation at speed by 1915.
Pick catalogues two varieties for this emission; the B suffix distinguishes a specific serial or signature configuration. Forgeries of the series are documented.