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| Issuer | State Bank of the USSR |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Size | 228 × 115 mm |
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| Obverse description | At left, an intaglio portrait vignette of Vladimir Lenin within an ornate oval frame surrounded by foliate scrollwork and laurel branches. The State Coat of Arms of the USSR appears at upper centre, flanked by the bank title in Cyrillic across the top. The denomination СТО РУБЛЕЙ is rendered in large letterpress text across the centre, with the numeral 100 repeated at lower right within a guilloche panel. A two-line legal tender clause in small Cyrillic text and the year date 1947 appear at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | A panoramic intaglio vignette of the Moscow Kremlin as seen from across the Moskva River occupies the central field, rendered in fine line engraving. Large stylised Cyrillic numerals and lettering СТО РУБЛЕЙ are set in ornate guilloche surrounds at upper right and lower centre, with the numeral 100 in a decorative panel at lower right. The reverse is printed in a monochrome brownish-grey tone with intricate lathe-work underprint throughout. |
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| Protection description | wavy lines visible when held to light, incorporated into the paper throughout the note. |
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