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| Issuer | State Treasury of Russia |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A vertical guilloche oval vignette at left bears the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle arms, flanked by vertical side panels with the denomination '500,000' in large numerals. The upper right corner carries the handwritten notation 'Именной' (registered/named), with the value 'Руб. 500,000.' printed to its left. The body of the note consists of a 5% short-term State Treasury obligation text in Cyrillic, stating the instrument is redeemable on 1 December 1917 at the State Bank and its branches, with spaces for departmental signatures and a serial number at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5% краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства Предъявитель сего уплачивается 1 Декабря 1917 года пятьсот тысяч рублей в Государственном Банке и его Конторах и Отделениях Директор Департамента Государственного Казначейства Начальник Бухгалтерского Отдела Бухгалтер Петроград, 1 Марта 1917 Руб. 500,000. Именной |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in a fine repetitive guilloche pattern forming a uniform blue-green security underprint across the entire surface. A central panel contains handwritten Cyrillic ownership and transfer notations with two ink signatures below, applied in violet ink. No printed vignettes or typeset text appear beyond the security underprint ground. |
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