Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5000 Roubles
| Issuer | Government Bank, Yerevan Branch |
|---|---|
| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | 180 × 105 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | ЭРИВАНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА Специальный тек. счетъ Правительства Республики Арменiи Сер. К. 13 № 016 Эривань, Августа 1919 года РУБ. 5000 РУБ. Предъявитель сего чека имеетъ получить изъ Эриванскаго Отделенiя Государственнаго Банка пять тысячъ рублей. Министръ–Председатель Министръ Финансовъ Настоящiй чекъ имеетъ обязательное хожденiе наравнъ съ предъявными билетами. ГОСУДАРСТВЕНЫЙ БАНКЪ |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Настоящiй чекъ акцептованъ Эриванскимъ Отделенiемъ Государственнаго Банка и подлежитъ оплате Отделенiемъ Банка съ 15 января 1920 года. Управляющiй Эриванскимъ Отделомъ Государственнаго Банка Контролеръ Кассиръ |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Armenia's first independent republic lasted barely three years before Soviet annexation in late 1920, and its currency program was correspondingly improvised. The Yerevan Branch of the Government Bank operated under severe constraints — no established note-printing infrastructure, chronic paper shortages, and a collapsing economy battered by war, famine, and blockade. Notes from this period were produced locally rather than contracted to foreign printers, which shows in the uneven presswork characteristic of the higher denominations.
The 5000 Rouble value reflects runaway inflation during 1919, when the republic's finances were effectively in freefall. Within months of issue, even this figure was rendered inadequate by further depreciation.