1 chervonets — USSR (1926)

Special facts

The note appeared in 1926, the year the export of chervontsy was banned and they stopped being freely exchangeable for foreign currency.

Issue history

The 1-chervonets note of the 1926 pattern was printed by the multicolour Orlov method. The obverse was designed by Ivan Dubasov, the reverse by Vladimir Kupriyanov. The note is dated 1926 but was printed with that date until 1934.

Signatures

The note was signed by the management board of the State Bank of the USSR — four different boards signed it over its eight-year issue. The first (series АА–ВД, 1926–1929) is the board of chairman A. Sheinman (Sheinman, Katsenelenbaum, Khrushchev, Schlesinger, Manuilov). The second (series ВМ–ЕЕ, 1929) is the board of chairman G. Pyatakov (Pyatakov, Katsenelenbaum, Sher, Arkus), the same lineup as on the three chervontsa notes of the 1924 issue of 1925. The third (series ЗВ–ЛЕ, 1930–1931) and the fourth (series МБ–ЯЯ and later, 1932–1934) were both headed by M. Kalmanovich and L. Maryasin and differ in two other board members (Arkus and Karklin in the third, Sher and Gorbunov in the fourth). The perforated specimen carries the signatures of the first board (Sheinman); the specimen with the red overprint, those of the third (Kalmanovich/Karklin).

Appearance

The front is printed in blue-black on a multicolour, mainly yellow ground. At upper left is the USSR arms in a cartouche, at centre and right the value in guilloché cartouches, at the edges the date and the name of the currency unit, and in the centre the text and signatures. The number is printed twice: red on the left, blue-black on the right. On the back, printed in blue-green and blue-black, the value in the centre is surrounded by repeated value lettering. There is no watermark; size 155 × 84 mm.

About the period

The chervontsy of 1924–1932 are State Bank of the USSR notes of 1, 2, 3 and 5 chervontsev with their gold content stated on them. All the denominations remained in circulation until the currency reform of 1947. More about the period “Chervonets”, 1924 — 1932

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1926

Specifications

Period

Chervonets

Face value

1 chervonets: all issues

Issue type

Circulation

Material

Paper

Size

155 × 84 mm

Issuer

Goznak

Dominant color

blue

Watermark

No

Security thread

No

Demonetized

Dec. 14, 1947

Variants

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Year	Series	Signatures	Signature	Print run	Price	Details
Issue 1 Chief Commissioner of the People's Bank: Pyatakov G.L. Members of the Board of the State Bank: Arkus G.M. Katsenelenbaum Z.S. Sher V.V.
1926	—	—		—	Estimate	P# 198a	+ ☆
P# 198a
Issue 2 Chairman of the State Bank: Sheinman A.L. Members of the Board of the State Bank: Katsenelenbaum Z.S. Khrushchev A.G. Manuilov A.A. Shlezinger A.D.
1926	—	—		—	Estimate	P# 198b	+ ☆
P# 198b
1926	—	—		—	Estimate	specimen Perforated "ОБРАЗЕЦ" (Sheinman board). P# 198s	+ ☆
specimen Perforated "ОБРАЗЕЦ" (Sheinman board). P# 198s
Issue 3 Chairman of the State Bank: Kalmanovich M.I. Maryasin L.E.
1926	—	Arkus G.M.Karklin M.M.		—	Estimate	P# 198c	+ ☆
P# 198c
1926	—	Gorbunov P.P.Sher V.V.		—	Estimate	P# 198d	+ ☆
P# 198d
1926	—	Arkus G.M.Karklin M.M.		—	Estimate	specimen Red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦ" (Kalmanovich/Karklin board). P# 198s	+ ☆
specimen Red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦ" (Kalmanovich/Karklin board). P# 198s