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| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1898 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, an oval vignette contains a portrait of Empress Catherine the Great in three-quarter view, dressed in imperial regalia with crown and ermine-trimmed robe, enclosed within a circular Cyrillic cartouche. To the right, the heading ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ is set in letterpress above the large bold denomination СТО РУБЛЕЙ, with redemption text for gold exchange and the date 1898 at lower right. Two manuscript signatures of the cashier and director appear at the foot of the note, with the serial number printed twice along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in muted rose and green tones, the reverse centres on a large guilloche rosette bearing the numeral 100, with the Imperial double-headed eagle coat of arms positioned to the centre-right alongside the inscription РУБЛЕЙ. The entire field is enclosed within an elaborate interlocking guilloche border, and the denomination СТО РУБЛЕЙ is repeated in Cyrillic lettering along all four margins. |
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| Signature(s) | 1898-1903 - E. Pleske and P. Brut 1903-1909 - S. Timashev and A. Mrozovsky 1909-1910 - A. Konshin and A. Mrozovsky 1910-1914 - I. Shipov and A. Mrozovsky |
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