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| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1700-1917) |
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| Obverse description | Horizontal format deposit metal receipt (Депозитная Металлическая Квитанция) issued by the Государственный Банкъ (State Bank), with the denomination numeral 50 within a guilloche rosette at upper right. The face carries multi-line Cyrillic text listing redeemable branch offices across Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, Riga, Odessa, and Rostov-on-Don, with a statement of value in gold coin, the year 1895 at lower left, and two manuscript signatures (Кассиръ and Управляющiй) accompanied by a handwritten serial number Кн.№67890 at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on a light blue guilloche underprint that covers the entire field. At centre, an embossed circular cartouche carries the inscription ДЕПОЗИТНАЯ МЕТАЛЛИЧЕСКАЯ КВИТАНЦІЯ around the circumference, with the date 1895 prominently set in large numerals at its centre. A mirror-image watermark impression of the bank name is visible across the lower portion of the field. |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible on the reverse with a mirror-image impression of the bank name text across the lower field. |
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