42 Roubles and 50 Kopecks 5% Freedom Loan Debenture Bond - Type 2

Issuer City of Rostov-on-Don (Russia - Civil war issues)
Year 1918
Type Local banknote
Value 42 Roubles 50 Kopecks (42.5)
Currency Rouble (1917-1924)
Composition Paper
Size 182 × 138 mm
Shape Rectangular
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Obverse description Black on green underprint. At the top center, oval frame depicts the Tauride Palace (seat of the State Duma), flanked by laurel branches. Directly beneath the vignette, bold text, with several paragraphs of smaller text filling the central area below, followed by a cluster of signatures. The serial number is printed twice—once at the upper left and again at the upper right. Framed by intricate guilloche frame with square corner ornaments. Coupon sheet to the left At least two stamps; round ОГБ (Отделения Государственного Банка/Office of the State Bank) and rectangular one.
Obverse lettering (round stamp) Ростовская на Дону Контора Государственного Банка (rectangular stamp) 42 р. 50 к. Настоящая облигация съ 8 (восьмью) купонами выпущена Ростовской Конторой Государствен- наго Банка въ качествѣ денежнаго знака въ суммѣ 42 руб. 50 коп. (сорокъ два р. 50 к.)
(Translation: (round stamp) Rostov on Don Main Office of the State Bank (rectangular stamp) 42 r. 50 k. This bond with 8 (eight) coupons is issued by the Rostov Office of the State Bank as a banknote in the amount of 42 rub. 50 kop. (fourty-two r. 50 k.))
Reverse description Black on rose underprint. At the top, the text begins bold and large, below that, multiple paragraphs of tightly packed text fill the page, in the lower portion are the signatures.
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Protection type Watermark
Protection description `Fat Stars`
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Numisquare ID 2527791950
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