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10 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| In circulation to | 1917 |
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| Reverse description | The Imperial Russian double-headed eagle coat of arms is printed as a large central vignette surrounded by an intricate guilloche underprint in rose-red tones, with the date 1898 inscribed within a decorative cartouche at the top centre. Vertical panels of Cyrillic text run along both side margins, and the numeral 10 appears in medallions at each corner and along the side borders. A brief regulatory inscription is set within a ruled panel at the bottom centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 1898 10 |
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The sheer number of recorded signature combinations on this note — over two dozen pairings across two State Bank directors, Eduard Pleske and Sergei Timashev — reflects a continuous print run spanning roughly a decade of active issue from 1898. The second signatory in each pairing was a cashier, and the rotation of cashier names documents staff turnover at the St. Petersburg office across that period. Collectors pursuing a complete signature set face a genuinely demanding task; some cashier pairings surface rarely.
Pleske directed the State Bank until 1903, when Timashev succeeded him — making the director's signature the cleaner dating tool when the printed year gives nothing away.