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500 Roubles
| Issuer | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large ornate guilloche vignette at centre right bearing the denomination numeral "500" and the Cyrillic inscription "РУБЛЕЙ", rendered in elaborate letterpress. To the left, the RSFSR state emblem — hammer and sickle within a wreath — is printed in dark ink above the Cyrillic slogan "ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН СОЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ". The Workers of the World, Unite! motto is repeated in seven languages around all four margins, including German, French, Italian, English, Arabic, Chinese, and Georgian scripts, with a counterfeit warning in Cyrillic at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in olive-green tones with a plain guilloche underprint pattern across the entire field. The central text block carries the full institutional title «РАСЧЕТНЫЙ ЗНАК РОССИЙСКОЙ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАТИВНОЙ СОВЕТСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ» above the denomination in large Cyrillic letters «ПЯТЬСОТ РУБЛЕЙ», flanked to the right by the large numeral "500" in ornate letterpress. Below, the guarantee clause «ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЕТСЯ ВСЕМ ДОСТОЯНИЕМ РЕСПУБЛИКИ» is set between the printed signature titles «НАРОДНЫЙ КОМИССАР ФИНАНСОВ» and «КАССИР», each bearing a facsimile signature, with the year date 1919 at the foot. |
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| Protection description | the numeral 500 or five-pointed stars visible in the paper |
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