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10 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1882-1886 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1700-1917) |
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| Obverse description | The Imperial arms of Russia enclosed within an ornate oval frame appear at left, surmounted by the Imperial crown and flanked by collar-and-medal insignia. The large numeral '10' is printed in intaglio at right in a bold letterpress style. The heading reads 'Государственный кредитный билет' (State Credit Note) with text below stating the note is payable from the Exchange Office of the State Bank in silver or gold coin, followed by two manuscript signatures of the Manager and Cashier. A repeated guilloche band border reading 'десять рублей' frames the top and bottom edges. |
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| Reverse description | A central oval portrait vignette presents a half-length bust of Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich in traditional Muscovite royal attire including a tall crown, set within a circular inscription giving his full imperial title. Two large guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral '10' flank the portrait at left and right. Three columns of text reproducing an extract from the Imperial manifesto on State Credit Notes are arranged symmetrically across the upper portion, and the year '1882' is printed in large numerals along the lower margin. |
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The State Bank series of the early 1880s came on the heels of Alexander II's assassination in March 1881 — a period of sharp political reaction under Alexander III that touched everything, including financial administration. The State Bank itself had been reformed in 1860 on Western European models, but these notes still carried the older obligation language tying redemption to specie, even as Russia's ability to maintain convertibility was increasingly strained by war debts from the 1877–78 Russo-Turkish conflict.
Pick A51 is among the less frequently encountered denominations from this transitional series. Specimens surfacing outside Russian institutional collections tend to show heavy fold wear — these circulated hard.