17 Roubles 5% Freedom Loan Debenture Bond - Type 2
17 Roubles 5% Freedom Loan Debenture Bond - Type 2
€1.00
Issuer
City of Rostov-on-Don (Russia - Civil war issues)
Year
1918
Type
Local banknote
Value
17 Roubles
Currency
Rouble (1917-1924)
Composition
Paper
Size
182 × 138 mm
Shape
Rectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Black on yellow underprint. At the top center, oval frame depicts the Tauride Palace (seat of the State Duma), flanked by laurel branches. Directly beneath the vignette, bold text, with several paragraphs of smaller text filling the central area below, followed by a cluster of signatures. The serial number is printed twice—once at the upper left and again at the upper right. Framed by intricate guilloche frame with square corner ornaments. Coupon sheet to the left
Reverse description
Black on rose underprint. At the top, the text begins bold and large, below that, multiple paragraphs of tightly packed text fill the page, in the lower portion are the signatures.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
`Fat Stars`
Obverse lettering
(round stamp)
Ростовская на Дону Контора Государственного Банка
(rectangular stamp)
17 р.
Настоящая облигация съ 8 (восьмью) купонами
выпущена Ростовской Конторой Государствен-
наго Банка въ качествѣ денежнаго знака въ
суммѣ 17 (семнадцать рублей) (Translation: (round stamp) Rostov on Don Main Office of the State Bank (rectangular stamp) 17 r. This bond with 8 (eight) coupons is issued by the Rostov Office of the State Bank as a banknote in the amount of 17 (seventeen rubles).)
