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3 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1895 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in green and dominated by an elaborate guilloche underprint with a large numeral «3» at left formed within interlacing ornamental scrollwork and laurel sprigs. The Imperial double-headed eagle arms is set within an oval medallion at centre, surrounded by a dense circular guilloche band and an outer wreath of foliage. A text block with penalty clauses appears at upper right, and a repeating denomination legend borders the top and bottom margins. |
| Reverse lettering | ТРИ РУБЛЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ |
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The 1895 3-rouble note belongs to a transitional moment in Russian imperial finance. Witte's currency reform was already underway — the gold standard would be formally adopted in 1897 — and the State Bank was quietly rationalizing its smaller denominations ahead of that shift. The 3-rouble value, a fixture in Russian note-issuing since the assignat period, would not survive the reform era intact.
EZGB had produced state documents since 1818 and maintained tight vertical control over the entire process — paper manufacture, engraving, and printing under one roof. The watermark on this series was integral to the paper rather than applied, a distinction that mattered to counterfeit investigators of the period.