Catalog
3 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1866-1880 |
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| Size | 150 × 95 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | III III ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ. По предъявленіи выдается изъ размюнной кассы Государственнаго Банка ТРИ РУБЛЯ 3 серебряною или золотою монетою. Управляющій Кассиръ III III… |
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| Reverse lettering | ИЗВЛЕЧЕНІЕ ИЗЪ ВЫСОЧАЙШАГО МАНИФЕСТА О КРЕДИТНЫХЪ БИЛЕТАХЪ. 1. „Государственные Кредитные билеты обеспечиваются всѣмъ достояніемъ Государства и безостановочнымъ, во всякое время, размѣномъ на звонкую монету изъ предназначеннаго фонда.” 2. „Кредитнымъ билетамъ присвояется хожденіе во всей Имперіи наравнѣ съ серебряною монетою.” 3. „За подѣлку Кредитныхъ билетовъ виновные подвергаются лишенію всѣхъ правъ состоянія и ссылкѣ въ каторжную работу.” |
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The State Bank of the Russian Empire began issuing credit notes (kreditnye bilety) from 1860 onward following the bank's formal establishment under Alexander II, replacing the earlier State Assignats that had hemorrhaged value through decades of overprinting. The 3 Rouble denomination sat at the low end of the credit note series and would have passed through ordinary commercial hands constantly — shops, tax payments, petty transactions — meaning genuinely uncirculated survivors from this window are rare without being impossibly scarce.
Paper quality on notes of this period is a known vulnerability; the Russian imperial issues from the 1860s–70s are prone to edge brittleness along fold lines, particularly in the corners.