15 rubles — RSFSR (1919)

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Watermark

Large six-pointed stars over the whole field.

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Issue history

The fifteen-rouble note belongs to the second series of settlement notes of 1919 and was introduced by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars of 21 October 1919. It was printed at the First Moscow factory of Goznak: the obverse by plain typographic printing, the reverse, with the RSFSR coat of arms, by the Orlov method. Issuing ended under a decree of 28 June 1922; withdrawal had begun as early as mid-1921, and the notes were exchanged for 1922-series roubles at 10,000 to 1 until 1 November 1922. In all, 22 million notes were issued.

Blocks and cashiers

Every note carries two signatures: Chief Commissioner of the People's Bank G. Pyatakov (the same on all) and one of eight cashiers. The cashier is set by the block number and repeats every eight blocks: for example, blocks 1, 9 and 17 were signed by G. de Millo, blocks 2, 10 and 18 by N. Starikov. Baryshev and Loshkin have two blocks each, the other cashiers three. 22 blocks were issued (АА-001…АА-022), 1,000,000 notes per block — 22,000,000 in all.

Sheets, error and specimens

The notes were printed in sheets of 10 (2 × 5). A full sheet is worth more than single notes (Denisov catalogue: К3-4л). A printing error is known: the reverse printed upside down. Specimens are perforated «ОБРАЗЕЦЪ».

Appearance

The paper carries a watermark of large six-pointed stars scattered across the whole sheet. The front is printed in red-brown over a light-brown ground; the back is also red-brown but on a multicolor background, with the RSFSR coat of arms at its center.

Specifications

Period

Settlement notes

Currency

1 ruble = 100 kopecks

Issue type

Circulation

Material

Paper

Size

70.0 × 44.0 mm

Issuer

Goznak

Dominant color

brown

Watermark

Yes

Demonetized

Nov. 1, 1922

Variants

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

Year	Series	Cashier	Signature	Print run	Price	Details
1919	—	—		—	Estimate	Specimen, perforated "ОБРАЗЕЦЪ"
1919	АА‑001,…	de-Millo H.L.		3M	Estimate
1919	АА‑002,…	Starikov N.V.		3M	Estimate
1919	АА‑003,…	Galtsov S.I.		3M	Estimate
1919	АА‑004,…	Titov D.M.		3M	Estimate
1919	АА‑005,…	Osipov M.I.		3M	Estimate
1919	АА‑006,…	Alekseyev A.M.		3M	Estimate
1919	АА-007,…	Baryshev P.K.		2M	Estimate
1919	АА-008,…	Loshkin N.K.		2M	Estimate
1919	—	—		—	Estimate	Full sheet of 10 (2 × 5)
1919	—	—		—	Estimate	Error: reverse inverted

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