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5 Roubles Alaska
| Issuer | Russian-American Company |
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| Year | 1815-1862 |
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| Value | 5 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on walrus skin parchment and centres on a large oval guilloche vignette containing the denomination inscription in Cyrillic text. Below the oval, a rectangular panel carries a handwritten serial number, and a second rectangular panel below that bears a manuscript signature of the issuing director. The overall layout is plain and utilitarian, consistent with the colonial scrip character of these notes issued for circulation in Russian America. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this walrus skin parchment note is plain and unprinted, showing only the natural texture and surface of the parchment substrate, which served as the primary anti-counterfeiting characteristic of these colonial issues. |
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| Protection description | Printed on walrus skin parchment, a highly distinctive and difficult-to-replicate natural material that served as the primary security feature for these colonial scrip notes issued in Russian America. |
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