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1000 Roubles Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
| Issuer | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Green and red letterpress note with Soviet hammer-and-sickle arms vignettes at upper left and upper right, set within an elaborate foliate guilloche border. A central octagonal frame in dark ink contains the denomination numeral «1000» below Arabic script, flanked left by the Cyrillic value inscription «ТЫСЯЧЕ РУБ» in red and right by Arabic denomination text in red. The title of the issuing authority is inscribed in Arabic script across the upper portion, with two manuscript signatures below and bilingual Cyrillic and Arabic date «1920 / ١٣٣٩» at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Olive-green note with an interlaced geometric border framing the entire design. The central vignette takes the form of a large pointed arch or star enclosing a crescent-and-star motif, within which the Cyrillic inscriptions «АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА» are arranged on two banderoles. Denomination numerals «1000» and the Cyrillic word «ТЫСЯЧЪ» appear within the central arch, with bilingual Cyrillic and Arabic marginal inscriptions and the printed serial number repeated twice at foot. |
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Azerbaijan's Soviet forces consolidated control over Baku in April 1920, and this note was issued almost immediately afterward as the new republic scrambled to establish monetary authority in a territory that had just weeks earlier been using Azerbaijani Democratic Republic currency. The speed of issue meant design and production resources were extremely limited, which is evident in the printing quality of the series.
P#S712 belongs to a short-lived emission — the Transcaucasian and Soviet ruble systems moved to absorb and replace these local issues within a few years, making the entire Azerbaijan SSR note series relatively brief in circulation life.