3 Gold Roubles

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.