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100 Roubles
| Issuer | People's Commissariat of Finance (Narkomfin), RSFSR |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown on pink underprint. The centre bears the denomination СТО РУБЛЕЙ in large Cyrillic lettering beneath the RSFSR state emblem, framed by an ornate guilloche border with scrollwork corner pieces. Numeral value panels reading 100 РУБЛЕЙ appear at left and right, with the legend ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ДЕНЕЖНЫЙ ЗНАК at top, year 1923 in the upper and lower borders, and signature lines for the People's Commissar of Finance and Cashier above the serial number. |
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| Reverse lettering | ОДИН рубль 1923 г. РАВЕН ОДНОМУ МИЛЛИОНУ РУБЛЕЙ ДЕНЗНАКАМИ, ИЗЪЯТЫМИ ИЗ ОБРАЩЕНИЯ, ИЛИ СТА РУБЛЯМ ДЕНЗНАКАМИ 1922 г. ПРИЕМ ПО СЕМУ РАСЧЕТУ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЕН ДЛЯ ВСЕХ. |
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The 1923 RSFSR rouble series emerged from one of the most chaotic monetary environments of the twentieth century. Soviet Russia was simultaneously running two currencies — the old sovznak issues, depreciating at catastrophic speed, and the newly introduced chervonets, backed by gold and reserved for wholesale trade. These 1923 Narkomfin notes occupied an awkward middle ground: still sovznaks, still inflating, issued as the government quietly prepared to abandon the entire denomination structure within months.
The 1924 monetary reform rendered them worthless at conversion rates so unfavorable they amounted to confiscation for anyone holding large quantities. Circulated examples are common; unissued remainders turn up with some regularity from old Soviet-era holdings.