17 Roubles 5% Freedom Loan Debenture Bond - Type 3

€1.00
IssuerCity of Rostov-on-Don (Russia - Civil war issues)
Year1918-1920
TypeLocal banknote
Value17 Roubles
CurrencyRouble (1917-1924)
CompositionPaper
Size182 × 138 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Obverse descriptionBlack 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.  At least two stamps; round ОГБ (Отделения Государственного Банка/Office of the State Bank) and rectangular one.
Reverse descriptionBlack 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.
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Protection typeWatermark
Protection description`Fat stars`
Obverse lettering(round stamp) Ростовская на Дону Контора Государственного Банка (rectangular stamp) -17 руб.- Настоящая облигацiя безъ купоннаго листа выпущена Ростовской н-Д. Конторою Госу- дарственнаго Банка въ качествѣ денежнаго знака въ суммѣ семнадцать (17р.) рублей.
(Translation: (round stamp) Rostov on Don Main Office of the State Bank  (rectangular stamp) -17 rub.- This bond without a coupon sheet was issued by the Rostov-on-Don State Bank as a banknote in the amount of seventeen (17r.) rubles.)
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Catalog ID4992524300
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