10 rubles — Russian Empire (1840) — Deposit note
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Appearance
Ten-rouble deposit note of 1840 on a pink ground with a figured red frame. The upper corner ovals carry the year "1840", the lower ones the number of the note; a circle with the figure 10 stands at the bottom centre and one with the arms above it. A hand-written promise to pay in silver coin and the arms of the 1830 pattern; the back carries an extract from the rules on deposits. Size 145 × 100 mm, in circulation from 3 July 1840. Specimens inscribed "ОБРАЗЕЦЪ" are known.
About the period
The deposit notes were the first step of Kankrin's currency reform. They were meant to replace the depreciated assignats, whose rouble was worth about thirty kopecks in silver. More about the period “Deposit and credit notes”, 1840 — 1841
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1840
Specifications
- Period
- Deposit and credit notes
- Ruler
- Nicholas I
- Face value
- 10 rubles: all issues
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 145 × 100 mm
- Issuer
- Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers
- Dominant color
- Red
- Watermark
- Yes
- Security thread
- No
Variants
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