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3 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1882-1886 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green on plain paper and carries two large guilloche rosettes with the numeral «3» at left and right, flanking the year «1882» in large digits at centre. The text «Извлечение изъ Высочайшаго Манифеста о Кредитныхъ Билетахъ» heads the reverse, followed by three numbered articles of the Imperial Manifesto on State Credit Tickets arranged in two parallel columns. A repeated microtext border reading «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» frames the entire composition. |
| Reverse lettering | ИЗВЛЕЧЕНИЕ ИЗЪ ВЫСОЧАЙШАГО МАНИФЕСТА О КРЕДИТНЫХЪ БИЛЕТАХЪ 1882. |
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The State Bank series of the early 1880s marked a deliberate shift in Russian monetary policy following the financial strains of the 1877–78 Russo-Turkish War. These notes were issued under the terms of a broader stabilization effort, though full convertibility to metal remained suspended — the rouble wouldn't return to a gold standard until Witte's reforms of 1897.
The three-rouble denomination had a long history in Russian paper money, dating back to assignat issues of the late eighteenth century. By the 1882 series it was among the lower-value notes in active retail circulation, which means survivors in any reasonable condition are genuinely harder to find than the higher denominations that saw less handling.