Catalog
25 Roubles
| Issuer | Government Bank, Yerevan Branch |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 25 Roubles |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain cream paper with a faint guilloche underprint and bears a Cyrillic text block recording the formal acceptance of the cheque by the Erivan Branch of the State Bank, with a stated payment date of 15 January 1920 (15 января 1920 года). Three manuscript signatures appear below the text, attributed to the Manager of the Erivan Branch of the State Bank, the Controller, and the Cashier respectively. |
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| Variants | P#19a - issued note P#19x - misprint with text on back P#19y - misprint with text on back inverted |
| Comments |
Armenia's short-lived independence between 1918 and 1920 produced a currency situation of near-total improvisation. The Republic of Armenia lacked a functioning central press, and the Yerevan Branch of the Government Bank issued notes that were essentially overprints and locally produced emergency paper — the P#19 25 Rouble note among them.
The Armenian rouble issues of 1919 were rendered obsolete within two years when Soviet forces absorbed the republic in late 1920 and the entire monetary system was replaced. Surviving notes from this series are genuine artifacts of a window of independence that lasted less than three years.