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25 000 Roubles
| Issuer | Russian State Treasury |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | State arms vignette within an ornate oval guilloche frame at left, with the large numeral '25.000' in vertical orientation along the left margin. The main text body carries the obligation title '5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства' in Cyrillic letterpress, with denomination stated in words and the payable date of 1 March 1918. Signature lines for the Director of the State Treasury Department, Chief Accountant, and Treasurer appear in the lower centre, with serial number and place of issue 'Петроград' at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Срок 1 Марта 1918 г. Руб. 25.000 5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Марта 1918 года двадцать пять тысяч рублей в Государственном Банке и его Конторах и Отделениях. Директор Департамента Государственного Казначейства Начальник Бухгалтерского Отдела Бухгалтер Петроград, 1 Марта 1917 г. |
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The "Q" suffix on Pick 31 denotes a contemporary counterfeit — not an officially issued note, but a forgery circulating alongside the genuine article during one of the most chaotic monetary periods in Russian history. By late 1917, the Provisional Government's fiscal position had collapsed, the printing presses in Petrograd were running continuously to meet demand, and the volume of notes in circulation made systematic detection of fakes nearly impossible at the point of exchange.
High-denomination forgeries of this period are genuinely scarce in the catalog record, partly because they were often indistinguishable from genuine issues even by contemporary bank clerks.