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25 Roubles Odessa
| Issuer | City of Odessa (Одесса) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Two double-headed eagles flank the central vignette, perched on laurel branches at upper left and right, with the City of Odessa arms (anchor device) enclosed in an oval cartouche at upper centre. The large Cyrillic denomination inscription ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ runs across the upper portion in bold letterpress, below which the legend Разменный билет г. Одессы appears, followed by a text block with the legal obligation clause and the year 1917. The numeral 25 is set at lower centre, with two manuscript signatures and the anti-counterfeiting notice ПОДДЕЛКА ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМ repeated at each lower corner. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green on a fine guilloche underprint, with the Odessa city arms (anchor motif) within a foliate wreath at upper centre. Two circular vignettes frame the composition: at left, a neoclassical colonnaded building (the Odessa City Hall), and at right, a public building with a dome, both rendered in detailed intaglio engraving. The large numeral 25 appears at centre within a guilloche rosette, with the denomination РУБЛЕЙ in bold type at lower centre and a multi-line text block between the vignettes. The year 1917 г. is inscribed at upper right. |
| Reverse lettering | 25 РУБЛЕЙ 1917 г. |
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