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1000 Roubles
| Issuer | Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (RSFSR) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | РАСЧЕТНЫЙ ЗНАК РОССИЙСКОЙ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАТИВНОЙ СОВЕТСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТЫСЯЧА РУБЛЕЙ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЕТСЯ ВСЕМ ДОСТОЯНИЕМ РЕСПУБЛИКИ НАРОДНЫЙ КОМИССАР ФИНАНСОВ КАССИР 1919 |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries the RSFSR State coat of arms — hammer and sickle within a wreath — at left, set against an intricate guilloche underprint. A large ornate numeral "1000" with the inscription «РУБЛЕЙ» occupies the right half within a decorative rosette. The motto «Workers of the World, Unite!» appears in six languages around the borders — German, French, Italian, and English along the top and bottom, with Arabic and Chinese scripts at the sides. |
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The sheer number of catalogued signature and watermark combinations for this single issue reflects the chaotic state of Soviet note production in 1919. The RSFSR was printing money under extreme pressure — the civil war was consuming resources faster than any coherent monetary policy could function — and multiple paper stocks from different mills were drawn into service simultaneously, each carrying its own watermark pattern. The "1000" horizontal, "1000" vertical, small stars, large stars, and lozenges watermarks are not variants introduced deliberately; they are the fingerprints of an improvised supply chain.
The incomplete German and French text on certain reverses, and the missing Arabic text and numeral on others, points to interrupted or abbreviated print runs rather than deliberate omission.