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500 Gold Roubles Payment obligation
| Uitgever | Central Cash Office of the People's Commissariat of Finance (Narkomfin) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1923 |
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| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | ПЛАТЁЖНОЕ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬСТВО Центральной Кассы Народного Комиссариата Финансов ПЯТЬСОТ РУБЛЕЙ ЗОЛОТОМ 6% ГОДОВЫХ Народный Комиссар Финансов Начальник Государственного Управления Начальник Валютного Управления Управляющий Центральной Кассой СД 123456 |
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| Beveiligingstype | Perforated numeral |
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| Opmerkingen |
The "gold rouble" denominations of 1923 were not gold-backed currency in any redeemable sense — they were an accounting fiction introduced to stabilize a monetary system hemorrhaging value through hyperinflation. The sovznak, the ordinary paper rouble circulating at the time, was depreciating so rapidly that the state began quoting taxes and state obligations in hypothetical "gold roubles" tied to the pre-revolutionary gold standard rate. These notes formalized that practice, giving it a physical instrument.
Narkomfin issued them as payment obligations rather than banknotes proper — a legal distinction that mattered in 1923, when the new chervonets coinage was being introduced and monetary policy was in open flux. The perforated numeral security feature is characteristic of Soviet fiscal instruments of this transitional period, borrowed from pre-revolutionary treasury practice.
The series was short-lived; the 1924 monetary reform replaced the entire sovznak-gold rouble parallel system with unified chervonets-based currency.