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25 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by the large Cyrillic inscription ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ in two lines across the upper portion, with the numeral '25' set within a central guilloche underprint rosette. Three columns of Cyrillic text set out the legal conditions governing the exchange and circulation of State Credit Notes throughout the Empire, arranged to the left, right, and lower centre of the note. The entire design is enclosed within a repetitive fine-line guilloche border. |
| Reverse lettering | ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ 1. Размен государственных кредитных билетов на золотую монету обеспечивается всем достоянием Государства. 2. Государственные кредитные билеты имеют хождение по всей Империи наравне с золотой монетой. 3. За подделку кредитных билетов виновные подвергаются лишению всех прав состояния и ссылке в каторжную работу. |
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Pick 43 is the last 25-Rouble note issued under the State Bank before the Provisional Government began reorganizing currency authority following Nicholas II's abdication in March 1917. The design had been in continuous use since 1899, which means the printing plates were well-worn by this point — late impressions show noticeably softer definition compared to earlier runs of the same series.
Circulated examples are common; uncirculated ones less so, largely because the economic chaos of 1917 pushed nearly every available note into active use before the Bolsheviks introduced their own emissions the following year.