3 Roubles

The Kerensky Provisional Government placed orders with the American Bank Note Company in 1917 as domestic printing capacity buckled under wartime inflation and the sheer volume of paper money being pushed into circulation. This note is part of that emergency procurement — manufactured in New York while Russia was simultaneously undergoing two revolutions.

Whether significant quantities reached Russia before the Bolshevik takeover in October is uncertain. Some shipments were intercepted or redirected; others entered circulation under Soviet-controlled distribution. The Pick S475 designation reflects the ambiguous status of issues from this transitional period, straddling Provisional Government authority and its violent collapse.