15 rubles — RSFSR (1919)

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Watermark

Large six-pointed stars over the whole field.

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Special facts

The sequence of 15, 30 and 60 rubles is unusual for Russian money: each value is twice the one before.

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. The note was printed by the First Moscow Goznak factory.

Sheets, error and specimens

The 15-rouble notes were printed in sheets of 10 (2 × 5); the uncut sheet is К3-4л in Denisov. Some examples have the back inverted — a printing error. 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.

About the period

The settlement notes of 1919 were the first Soviet paper money with the arms of the RSFSR. They came out in two series: small notes of 1, 2 and 3 roubles, and large ones from 15 to 10,000 roubles. More about the period “Settlement notes”, 1919

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1919

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	≈ $18		+ ☆
1919	АА‑002,…	Starikov N.V.		3M	≈ $18		+ ☆
1919	АА‑003,…	Galtsov S.I.		3M	≈ $18		+ ☆
1919	АА‑004,…	Titov D.M.		3M	≈ $18		+ ☆
1919	АА‑005,…	Osipov M.I.		3M	≈ $18		+ ☆
1919	АА‑006,…	Alekseyev A.M.		3M	≈ $18		+ ☆
1919	АА-007,…	Baryshev P.K.		2M	≈ $18		+ ☆
1919	АА-008,…	Loshkin N.K.		2M	≈ $18		+ ☆
1919	—	—		—	≈ $19	Full sheet of 10 (2 × 5)	+ ☆
1919	—	—		—	Estimate	Error: reverse inverted	+ ☆

Other items of the period

• 1 ruble (1919) Pick# 81
• 2 rubles (1919) Pick# 82
• 3 rubles (1919) Pick# 83
• 15 rubles (1919) Pick# 98
• 30 rubles (1919) Pick# 99
• 60 rubles (1919) Pick# 100
• 100 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 101
• 250 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 102
• 500 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 103
• 1000 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 104
• 5000 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 105
• 10000 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 106