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25 Roubles
| Issuer | Azerbaijan Republic |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА ۲۵ ДВАДЦАТЬПЯТЬ РУБЛ 25 ايكيرى بيش منات ИМѢЕТЪ ХОЖДЕНІЕ НАРАВНѢ СЪ РОССІЙСКИМИ КРЕДИТНЫ- МИ БИЛЕТАМИ (Translation: Republic of Azerbaijan, 25 Twenty-five Rubles, Twenty-five Manat, Interchangeable with Russian banknotes) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown with an elaborate interlaced guilloche border framing the entire note. A large stylised floral medallion occupies the centre, with the bold numeral 25 superimposed over it and the anti-counterfeiting legend ПОДѢЛКА ПРЕСЛѢДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМЪ inscribed across it. The denomination ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБ. appears in Cyrillic on both sides of the central vignette, the Arabic-script partial denominations at upper left and right, and the issuer name آذربایجان جومهوریتی in Arabic script across the top; facsimile signatures of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Finance appear at lower left and right respectively, with the date 1919 at the bottom centre. |
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Azerbaijan's Democratic Republic — the first parliamentary democracy in the Muslim world — lasted barely two years before Soviet forces absorbed it in April 1920. This 25 Rouble note was issued during that brief window of independence, when the Baku government was simultaneously fighting Bolshevik pressure from the north, navigating British occupation interests, and trying to establish functional monetary infrastructure essentially from scratch.
The series was printed locally under difficult conditions, which accounts for the uneven impression quality commonly encountered across the P#1 through P#4 issues.