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| Issuer | Russian State Treasury |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| In circulation to | 1918 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on light buff paper with a salmon-pink guilloche underprint and carries the heading «Срок 1 Февраля 1918 г.» at upper left and «Руб. 10.000» at upper right. The central text block, set in Cyrillic letterpress, identifies this as a 5% short-term obligation of the State Treasury, payable to bearer on 1 February 1918 at the State Bank and its branches, with the denomination «десять тысяч рублей» written out in full. At lower left a decorative vignette with interlaced ornamental scrollwork is present, alongside printed facsimile signatures of the Director of the State Treasury Department, the Chief of the Accounting Division, and a Bookkeeper, with the issue date «Петроград, 7 Мая 1917 г.» and a serial number below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse consists entirely of a fine repetitive guilloche pattern printed in salmon-pink on plain paper, with no inscriptions or vignettes, serving as a security underprint across the full surface of the note. |
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| Protection description | Fine repetitive guilloche pattern printed in salmon-pink covering the full reverse of the note as an anti-counterfeiting underprint. |
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