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2 Chervontsa
| Issuer | State Bank of the USSR |
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| Year | 1928 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio-printed note with a central guilloche underprint bearing the large numeral "2" at centre, flanked by the USSR State Emblem at top centre and the bold Cyrillic denomination inscription. Vertical side panels carry advisory text in multiple languages of the Soviet republics, while the lower portion bears the "Правление" (Board) signature line with three manuscript signatures. Serial number in red appears at upper right and lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Green note with an elaborate guilloche framework framing a central multicolingual cartouche that bears the bank title in the languages of the Soviet republics, including Russian, Georgian, Armenian, and several others in Cyrillic, Latin, and Arabic scripts. Large numeral "2" vignettes occupy the left and right fields, and the date "1928" appears in a decorative panel at the lower centre. |
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The chervonets was reintroduced as the USSR's hard-currency unit during the New Economic Policy period, deliberately pegged to the pre-revolutionary gold ruble to reassure traders and foreign creditors. By 1928, that NEP framework was already being dismantled — Stalin's first Five-Year Plan launched that same year — making this issue a transitional artifact, printed for a monetary philosophy the state was actively abandoning.
The 2-chervontsa denomination was always the odd note in the series, less commonly encountered than the 1 or 3 chervontsa values.