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25 Roubles 16 scrolls
| Issuer | State Bank of the USSR (Gosbank) |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Vladimir Lenin at left, rendered in intaglio, set within an ornate guilloche frame. The numeral '25' appears in the upper left and upper right corners against a fine underprint of interlocking geometric patterns. The denomination in full Cyrillic lettering runs along the lower portion of the note, flanked by decorative scroll-work borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ 25 (Translation: TWENTY FIVE ROUBLES 25) |
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The 1947 Soviet monetary reform was one of the most abrupt currency confiscations in European postwar history. Announced on 14 December 1947 with only days for exchange, it invalidated all existing notes and imposed punishing conversion rates on larger holdings — ten old roubles to one new, with ceilings on how much could be converted at parity. The stated goal was to drain wartime black-market accumulations; the practical effect fell hardest on rural households who had kept savings in cash.
Within this series, the "16 scrolls" designation distinguishes a specific guilloche variant from the rarer "15 scrolls" type catalogued separately under P#226 — a distinction that matters more to specialists than the denomination itself.