Catalog
25 Roubles
| Issuer | Government Bank, Yerevan Branch |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Эриванское Отдѣленіе Государственнаго Банка Спеціальный тек. счетъ Правительства Республики Арменіи. РУБ. 25 РУБ. Предъявитель сего чека имѣетъ получить изъ Эриванскаго Отдѣленія Государственнаго Банка ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ рублей. Министръ-Предсѣдатель Управляющій Министерствомъ Финансовъ Настоящій чекъ имѣетъ обязательное хожденіе наравнѣ съ кредитными билетами Сер. Ж. № 0114 Эривань, Августъ 1919 года. |
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| Reverse lettering | Настоящій чекъ акцептованъ Эриванскимъ Отдѣленіемъ Государственнаго Банка и подлежитъ оплатѣ Отдѣленіемъ Банка съ 15 Ноября 1919 г. Управляющій Эриванскимъ Отдѣ. Государственнаго Банка Контролёръ Кассиръ |
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Armenia's brief period of independence — declared in May 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire — forced the Yerevan-based government to improvise a monetary system almost from scratch. The Government Bank's early issues, including this 25 Rouble note, were printed under genuinely difficult conditions, with limited access to secure printing infrastructure and ongoing military pressure from multiple fronts simultaneously.
Pick 3 belongs to the first substantive Armenian rouble series, predating the Soviet absorption of the republic in late 1920. Notes from this period were often poorly received by a population already conditioned to distrust paper currency after years of wartime inflation under Russian and then Transcaucasian Federation issues.
The series was rendered worthless within roughly two years of issue.