2 chervonetses — USSR (1928)

Special facts

The USSR never again had a twenty-ruble value, neither in the chervontsy of 1937 nor in rubles.

Issue history

The two chervontsa came out in June–July 1928; designed by Ivan Dubasov. The text of the law is printed in Russian and repeated in Ukrainian, Belarusian, Georgian, Armenian, in Arabic script and in Tatar. The note is also found with the overprint "Имеет хождение только в Т.Н.Р." — for circulation in the Tuvan People's Republic.

Signatures

Four boards of the State Bank signed the note over its issue. Chairman A. Sheinman's board — series АА–ЕВ, 1928–1929 (Sheinman, Katsenelenbaum, Spunde, Morin, Sher). Chairman G. Pyatakov's board — series ЕМ–ЗС, 1929 (Pyatakov, Sher, Katsenelenbaum, Morin). M. Kalmanovich and L. Maryasin's board — series ИВ–КУ, 1930–1931 (Kalmanovich, Karklin, Kirpont, Maryasin). Another Kalmanovich board — series ЛЕ–ЯЯ and later, 1932–1936 (Kalmanovich, Gorbunov, Arkus, Vynosov). The "ОБРАЗЕЦ"/"НЕПЛАТЕЖНЫЙ" overprint specimen carries the Sheinman board's signatures, the other specimen those of the Kalmanovich and Karklin board.

Appearance

The front is dark green with black. The value on a guilloché ground appears twice along the top edges, the USSR arms at top centre, the text of the law in cartouches at the sides and in the centre, repeated in Tatar at the bottom; the signatures are at lower right. The number is printed twice: red on the left, black on the right. The multicolour back has an ornamental frame: the value in the corners, the value in six languages on either side of the centre and the date at the bottom. No watermark; size 158 × 88 mm.

About the period

The chervontsy of 1924–1932 are State Bank of the USSR notes of 1, 2, 3 and 5 chervontsev with their gold content stated on them. All the denominations remained in circulation until the currency reform of 1947. More about the period “Chervonets”, 1924 — 1932

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1928

Specifications

Period

Chervonets

Face value

2 chervonetses: all issues

Issue type

Circulation

Material

Paper

Size

158 × 88 mm

Issuer

Goznak

Dominant color

green

Watermark

No

Security thread

No

Demonetized

Dec. 14, 1947

Variants

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Year	Series	Print run	Price	Details
Issue 1 Chief Commissioner of the People's Bank: Pyatakov G.L. Members of the Board of the State Bank: Katsenelenbaum Z.S. Morin B.M. Sher V.V.
1928	—	—	Estimate	P# 199a	+ ☆
P# 199a
Issue 2 Chairman of the State Bank: Sheinman A.L. Deputy Chairman of the State Bank: Spunde A.P. Members of the Board of the State Bank: Katsenelenbaum Z.S. Morin B.M. Sher V.V.
1928	—	—	Estimate	P# 199b	+ ☆
P# 199b
1928	—	—	Estimate	specimen Red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦ"/"НЕПЛАТЕЖНЫЙ" (Sheinman board). P# 199s	+ ☆
specimen Red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦ"/"НЕПЛАТЕЖНЫЙ" (Sheinman board). P# 199s
Issue 3 Chairman of the State Bank: Kalmanovich M.I. Maryasin L.E. Members of the Board of the State Bank: Karklin M.M. Kirpont
1928	—	—	Estimate	P# 199c	+ ☆
P# 199c
1928	—	—	Estimate	specimen Red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦ" or perforated (Kalmanovich/Karklin board). P# 199s	+ ☆
specimen Red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦ" or perforated (Kalmanovich/Karklin board). P# 199s
Issue 4 Chairman of the State Bank: Kalmanovich M.I. Members of the Board of the State Bank: Arkus G.M. Gorbunov P.P. Vynosov M.V.
1928	—	—	Estimate	P# 199d	+ ☆
P# 199d