10 rubles — USSR (1947)

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Special facts

The ten-ruble note was still called a chervonets out of habit, after the bank notes of the 1920s and 1930s, in which a chervonets equalled exactly ten rubles.

Appearance

Brown color scheme. The obverse has the USSR state emblem in the upper left corner and the denomination in 16 languages of the union republics. The reverse has a portrait of Lenin at the left. The note's own title reads "State Bank Note". No signatures. 159 × 92 mm. Nine varieties: font I with four ways of writing the series letters, font II with three, and two specimens with a red "ОБРАЗЕЦ" overprint (one also perforated).

About the period

The banknotes of the 1947 currency reform are seven denominations from 1 to 100 roubles dated "1947". The reform exchanged old money for new at 10 to 1 and removed the surplus of money accumulated during the war. More about the period “1947 Monetary Reform”

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1947

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• 5 rubles (1947) Pick# 220
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• 50 rubles (1947) Pick# 229
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• 50 rubles (1947) Pick# 230
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• 100 rubles (1947) Pick# 231
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• 100 rubles (1947) Pick# 232
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