Catalog
1000 Roubles
| Issuer | Government Bank, Yerevan Branch |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1918-1920) |
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| Obverse description | Pale lilac cheque-format note with a guilloche underprint. The heading in Cyrillic reads ЭРИВАНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА, with a subtitle indicating a special current account of the Government of the Republic of Armenia. The denomination РУБ. 1000 appears at right in bold black letterpress, with series, serial number, and place and date of issue (Эривань, Август 1919 года) printed centrally; a vertical Cyrillic bank title inscription runs along the left margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | Настоящий чек акцептован Эриванским Отделением Государственного Банка и подлежит оплате Отделением Банка с 15 Ноября 1919 г. Управляющий Эриванским Отдел. Государственного Банка Контролёр Кассир |
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Armenia's Government Bank in Yerevan operated under genuinely chaotic conditions in 1919 — the First Republic was simultaneously fighting territorial disputes with Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, running near-empty treasury coffers, and trying to establish functional banking infrastructure from scratch. The 1000 Rouble denomination was among the highest-value notes the republic issued, printed locally under severe material constraints rather than through an established European security printer.
The Armenian rouble issues of this period depreciated rapidly and were superseded when Soviet authority absorbed the republic in late 1920. Surviving notes frequently show rough cutting and uneven impression — not damage, but artifacts of the original production.