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| Issuer | Provisional Government of Russia (Займъ Свободы) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the State Duma building (Государственная Дума) with columned facade, framed by foliate ornamental borders. The heading ЗАЕМЪ СВОБОДЫ (Liberty Loan) appears in a banner above the vignette, with the denomination 5% ОБЛИГАЦІЯ ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ РУБЛЕЙ (5% Bond, Fifty Roubles) inscribed below. The note carries an extended patriotic text addressed to citizens of free Russia, dated Петроградъ, 27 марта 1917 года, with multiple printed ministerial signatures of the Provisional Government. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЗАЕМЪ СВОБОДЫ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ДУМА 5% ОБЛИГАЦІЯ ВЪ ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ РУБЛЕЙ нарицательныхъ. Министръ-Председатель Петроградъ, 27 марта 1917 года. |
| Reverse description | Entirely text-based reverse printed in black on light guilloche underprint, divided into bordered panels. The heading 1917 * ЗАЕМЪ СВОБОДЫ * 1917 is repeated at top and bottom, with dense Cyrillic text setting out the full terms and conditions of the Liberty Loan, issued by decree of the Provisional Government dated 27 March 1917. A final line indicates the date of the last coupon: Срокъ последняго купона 16 марта 1922 года, with the signature of the Управляющій Государственною Коммиссіею Погашенія Долговъ and a Бухгалтеръ. |
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