1000 rubles — USSR (1918)

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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 and АБ the cashier is fixed by the last digit of the block number (in АБ block АБ-010 is listed on its own row). The note was printed in three places: series АА in Penza, АБ in Moscow, АГ in Perm. In series АГ the first blocks are listed one per row, later ones grouped by last digit. The catalogue distinguishes two types: Pick 95a with a horizontal watermark (up to block АГ-613) and Pick 95b with a vertical one (from АГ-614); block АГ-607 carries the signature of cashier N. Lavrovskiy. 124 blocks were issued in all: АА-001…АА-085, АБ-001…АБ-019 and АГ-601…АГ-620, 1,000,000 notes per block.

Specifications

Period

1918 issue (Pyatakov notes)

Currency

1 ruble = 100 kopecks

Issue type

Circulation

Material

Paper

Size

159.0 × 110.0 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	АА-xx0	Titov D.M.		8M	Penza
1918	АА-xx1	Osipov M.I.		9M	Penza
1918	АА-xx2	Alekseyev A.M.		9M	Penza
1918	АА-xx3	Baryshev P.K.		9M	Penza
1918	АА-xx4	Geilman E.K.		9M	Penza
1918	АА-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		9M	Penza
1918	АА-xx6	Loshkin N.K.		8M	Penza
1918	АА-xx7	de-Millo H.L.		8M	Penza
1918	АА-xx8	Starikov N.V.		8M	Penza
1918	АА-xx9	Galtsov S.I.		8M	Penza
1918	АБ-010	Titov D.M.		1M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx1	Osipov M.I.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx2	Alekseyev A.M.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx3	Baryshev P.K.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx4	Geilman E.K.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx6	Loshkin N.K.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx7	de-Millo H.L.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx8	Starikov N.V.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx9	Galtsov S.I.		2M	Moscow
1918	АГ-604	Starikov N.V.		1M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-605	Titov D.M.		1M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-606	Osipov M.I.		1M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-607	Lavrovskiy N.A.		1M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-608	Alekseyev A.M.		1M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-609	Alekseyev A.M.		1M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-610	Geilman E.K.		1M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-xx1	Zhikharev E.V.		2M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-xx2	Loshkin N.K.		2M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-xx3	de-Millo H.L.		2M	Perm, horizontal watermark
1918	АГ-614	Starikov N.V.		1M	Perm, vertical watermark
1918	АГ-615	Titov D.M.		1M	Perm, vertical watermark
1918	АГ-616	Osipov M.I.		1M	Perm, vertical watermark
1918	АГ-617	Lavrovskiy N.A.		1M	Perm, vertical watermark
1918	АГ-618	Alekseyev A.M.		1M	Perm, vertical watermark
1918	АГ-619	Baryshev P.K.		1M	Perm, vertical watermark
1918	АГ-620	Geilman E.K.		1M	Perm, vertical watermark