100 rubles — USSR (1918)

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Watermark

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"100" repeated horizontally in shifted lines across the note.

Issue history

The Pyatakov note is essentially a Provisional Government banknote: it was prepared in 1917, and the double-headed eagle without imperial regalia on the reverse follows a drawing by I. Bilibin. It was printed at the Goznak factory in Penza. Issue was planned for 1918, but the October Revolution got in the way, and the note only reached circulation in May 1919 (the 5000 and 10000 roubles in December). What makes it Soviet is only the facsimile signature of G. Pyatakov.

Blocks and cashiers

Every note carries two signatures: Chief Commissioner of the People's Bank G. Pyatakov (the same on all) and a cashier. In series АА, АБ and АВ the cashier is fixed by the last digit of the block number. The note was printed in three places: series АА and АБ in Penza, АВ in Moscow, АГ in Perm. Series АГ consists of just six blocks (АГ-601…АГ-606), each listed on its own row. 261 blocks were issued in all: АА-001…АА-200, АБ-001…АБ-031, АВ-401…АВ-424 and АГ-601…АГ-606, 1,000,000 notes per block.

Specifications

Period

1918 issue (Pyatakov notes)

Currency

1 ruble = 100 kopecks

Issue type

Circulation

Material

Paper

Size

145.0 × 95.0 mm

Issuer

Goznak

Dominant color

brown

Watermark

Yes

Demonetized

Dec. 31, 1922

Variants

Chief Commissioner of the People's Bank: Pyatakov G.L.

Year	Series	Cashier	Signature	Print run	Details
1918	—	—		—	Specimen, perforated "ОБРАЗЕЦ"
1918	АА(АБ)-xx0	de-Millo H.L.		23M	Penza
1918	АА(АБ)-xx1	Starikov N.V.		24M	Penza
1918	АА(АБ)-xx2	Galtsov S.I.		23M	Penza
1918	АА(АБ)-xx3	Titov D.M.		23M	Penza
1918	АА(АБ)-xx4	Osipov M.I.		23M	Penza
1918	АА(АБ)-xx5	Alekseyev A.M.		23M	Penza
1918	АА(АБ)-xx6	Baryshev P.K.		23M	Penza
1918	АА(АБ)-xx7	Geilman E.K.		23M	Penza
1918	АА(АБ)-xx8	Zhikharev E.V.		23M	Penza
1918	АА(АБ)-xx9	Loshkin N.K.		23M	Penza
1918	АВ-xx0	de-Millo H.L.		2M	Moscow
1918	АВ-xx1	Starikov N.V.		3M	Moscow
1918	АВ-xx2	Galtsov S.I.		3M	Moscow
1918	АВ-xx3	Titov D.M.		3M	Moscow
1918	АВ-xx4	Osipov M.I.		3M	Moscow
1918	АВ-xx5	Alekseyev A.M.		2M	Moscow
1918	АВ-xx6	Baryshev P.K.		2M	Moscow
1918	АВ-xx7	Geilman E.K.		2M	Moscow
1918	АВ-xx8	Zhikharev E.V.		2M	Moscow
1918	АВ-xx9	Loshkin N.K.		2M	Moscow
1918	АГ-601	Alekseyev A.M.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-602	Baryshev P.K.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-603	Geilman E.K.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-604	Zhikharev E.V.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-605	Loshkin N.K.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-606	de-Millo H.L.		1M	Perm