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| Issuer | Narodny Komissariat Finansov (People's Commissariat of Finance) |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1924-1958) |
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| Obverse lettering | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЙ БИЛЕТ С.С.С.Р. ТРИ РУБЛЯ ЗОЛОТОМ Серия Народный Комиссар Финансов Кассир |
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| Reverse lettering | БІЛЕТ ДЕРЖАВНОЇ СКАРБНИЦІ С.Р.С.Р. اتفاقنك دولت خزينه بيلتى ش.س.ج. ՊԵՏԱԿԱՆ ԴԱՆՋԱՐԱՅԻ ՏՈՄՍ Հ.Ս.Ք.Մ. ДЗЯРЖАЎНЫ КАЗНАЧЭЙСКІ БІЛЕТ С.С.С.Р. ს.ს.რ.ს. სახელმწიფო სახაზინო ბილეტი. ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ обязательны к приему на всей территории Союза Советских Социалистических Республик КАРБОВАНЦІВ ЗОЛОТОМ РУБ ЛИ ЗОЛО ТАМ მანეთი მქროთი |
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The 1924 gold rouble notes — chervontsy-adjacent but distinct — were issued as part of the Soviet monetary reform that formally ended the hyperinflationary chaos of the early NEP years. The "gold rouble" denomination was a deliberate accounting fiction anchored to the pre-revolutionary gold standard, not a convertible instrument; the state had no intention of paying out metal, but the peg gave the public something to trust after years of near-worthless sovznaki.
Three signatures on a single note — Gerasimov, Kozlov, and Oniker — reflects the Commissariat's internal control structure at the time, with treasury, emissions, and audit functions each requiring a signatory. Pick 187 is the only denomination in the 1924 series to carry this specific three-signature combination.