Catalog
50 Roubles
| Issuer | Government Bank, Yerevan Branch |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ЭРИВАНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА. Специальный тек. счеть Правительства Республики Армении Сер. Д. 15 № 0132 Эривань, Августъ 1919 года руб. 50 руб. Предъявитель сего чека имеетъ получить изъ Эриванскаго Отделения Государственнаго Банка пятьдесятъ рублей. Министръ Председатель Министръ Финансовъ Настоящій чекъ имеетъ обязательное хожденіе наравнѣ съ кредитными билетами |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain uncoated paper with a full-width text block in Cyrillic script stating that the cheque has been accepted by the Erivan Branch of the State Bank and is payable from 15 November 1919. Below this, the titles of the Manager of the Erivan Branch of the State Bank, the Controller, and the Cashier are printed, each accompanied by a handwritten manuscript signature. |
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Armenia's independence from 1918 to 1920 was brief and administratively chaotic. The Yerevan Branch of the Government Bank issued its own rouble-denominated notes largely because the new republic inherited almost nothing from the collapsing Transcaucasian Commissariat — no reserve assets, no functioning monetary infrastructure, and no established printer. These notes were produced under considerable constraint.
Pick 9 belongs to the second Armenian issue, distinguished from the earlier 1919 series by its ornamental border variations. Soviet forces absorbed the republic in late 1920, rendering the entire rouble series worthless within roughly two years of first issue.