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25 000 Roubles
| Issuer | State Treasury of Russia |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственнаго Казначейства. Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Декабря 1917 года двадцать пять тысяч рублей въ Государственномъ Банкѣ и его Конторахъ и Отдѣленіяхъ. Директоръ Департамента Государственнаго Казначейства Начальникъ Бухгалтерскаго Отдѣла Бухгалтеръ Петроградъ, 1 Декабря 1916 Руб. 25.000 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a uniform fine geometric guilloche underprint in a pale rose-beige tone, covering the entire surface without any central vignette or inscriptions. The repetitive cross-and-diamond lattice pattern serves as the sole decorative and security element. |
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This issue belongs to the wartime internal loan series authorized by the Imperial Russian government in 1916, when the costs of sustained mobilization had outpaced the capacity of the State Bank to issue conventional currency. These were technically obligations of the State Treasury rather than banknotes in the central banking sense — interest-bearing instruments pressed into circulation out of necessity, not monetary policy.
Printed at the Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers in Petrograd, the same facility that produced standard Imperial currency. The "O" suffix in the Pick reference denotes a specimen designation within the series.