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5 Gold Roubles
| Issuer | State Treasury of the USSR |
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| Year | 1924 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | Білет Державної Скарбниці С.Р.С.Р. Білет Державної Скарбниці С.Р.С.Р. ДЗЯРЖАЎНЫ КАЗНАЧЭЙСКІ БІЛЕТ С.С.С.Р. ს.ს.ს.რ. სახაზინო ბილეტი ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ПРИНИМАЮТСЯ ПО ВСЕЙ ТЕРРИТОРИИ СОЮЗА СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК КАРБО-ВАНЦІВ ЗОЛО-ТОМ 5 РУБЛЕЙ ЗОЛО-ТОМ ՄԱՎԵՏՈ |
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| Variants | P#188a(1) - lower signature: Belyayev P#188a(2) - lower signature: Gerasimov P#188a(3) - lower signature: Kozlov P#188a(4) - lower signature: Kolosov P#188a(5) - lower signature: Oniker |
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The 1924 Soviet gold rouble notes — "золотые рубли" — were not backed by gold in any redeemable sense for ordinary holders, but the denomination was explicitly pegged to the gold chervonets introduced in 1922 as part of the NEP monetary stabilization. Issuing these Treasury obligations in gold-denominated terms was a deliberate political signal: the Bolshevik government was attempting to restore confidence in paper after the catastrophic hyperinflation of the civil war years had essentially destroyed the previous rouble.
Five signatures on a single note is unusual and reflects the collective-authority model the early Soviet Treasury applied to high-denomination paper obligations.