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25 000 Roubles Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
| Issuer | Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 000 Roubles (25 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | А. С. С. Р. ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН СОЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ! ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЕЙ НАРОДНЫЙ КОМИССАР ФИНАНСОВ: КАССИР: АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА 1921 ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН СОЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ! А. С. С. Р. (Translation: A. S. S. R. Workers of the world, unite! Twenty-five thousand roubles People`s Commissar of Finance: (signature) Cashier: (signature) Azerbaijani Socialist Soviet Republic 1921 Workers of the world, unite! A. S. S. R.) |
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| Reverse lettering | ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБ. 25000 ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН СОЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ! АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА Имеет хождение наравне с Российскими денежными знаками Обеспечивается всем достоянием Республики (Translation: Twenty-five thousand roubles 25000 Workers of the world, unite! Azerbaijani Socialist Soviet Republic This note is in circulation on par with Russian banknotes Backed by the entire assets of the Republic) |
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The Transcaucasian republics each issued their own currency in the chaotic early Soviet period before monetary consolidation — Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia all printed independently until the Transcaucasian Federation absorbed them in 1922. This 25,000 rouble note belongs to a brief window when Baku's Soviet government was still nominally autonomous and facing severe inflation that had already rendered smaller denominations functionally worthless.
The S-prefix Pick designation confirms provisional or regional status. These high-denomination emissions from 1921 were less a functional currency than an acknowledgment that the monetary system had collapsed — 25,000 roubles buying little more than a loaf of bread by the time of issue.