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25 Roubles
| Issuer | Gosbank (State Bank of the USSR) |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Value | 25 Roubles (25 SUR) |
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| Obverse lettering | БИЛЕТ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА СССР ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ БАНКОВСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ЗОЛОТОМ, ДРАГОЦЕННЫМИ МЕТАЛЛАМИ И ПРОЧИМИ АКТИВАМИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА 25 1961 |
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| Variants | P#234a - Lilac tinted paper without UV activity 2 majuscule serial # prefix letters (АА-ББ) P#234b(1) - white paper without UV activity 2 majuscule serial # prefix letters (ББ-ЛК) P#234b(2) - white paper with UV activity 2 majuscule serial # prefix letter (ЛЛ-ЭЯ) P#234b(3) - white paper with blue UV activity 1 majuscule & 1 minuscule serial # prefix (Аа-Зс) P#234b(4) - white paper with yellow activity 1 majuscule & 1 minuscule serial # prefix (Зх-См) P#234b(5) - white paper without UV activity - error note 1 majuscule & 1 minuscule serial # prefix (Зх-См) |
| Comments |
The 1961 Soviet currency reform — quietly one of the most significant monetary resets of the Cold War period — redenominated the ruble at 10:1 against the old Stalin-era notes, effectively wiping out a decade of inflationary overhang in a single administrative stroke. This 25-rouble note belongs to the first issue under that reformed system, printed by Goznak in Moscow and rolled out beginning January 1st of that year with deliberately little public advance notice.
The series remained in circulation for nearly three decades, largely unchanged, until the dissolution-era reforms of 1991. Long runs without design modification were deliberate Soviet policy — stability of appearance was itself a signal.