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25 rubles — USSR (1918)
Pick# 90
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Watermark
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"25" repeated across the note in checkerboarded vertical and horizontal orientations.
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 one of ten cashiers. The cashier is fixed by the last digit of the block number. 400 blocks were planned (АА-001…АА-200 and АБ-201…АБ-400) but only 233 were issued: АА-001…АА-200 and АБ-201…АБ-233, 1,000,000 notes per block — 233,000,000 in total.
Specifications
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 132.0 × 83.0 mm
- Issuer
- Goznak
- Dominant color
- brown
- Watermark
- Yes
- Demonetized
- Dec. 31, 1922
Variants
| Year | Series | Cashier | Signature | Print run | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | — | — | — | Specimen, perforated "ОБРАЗЕЦ" | ||
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx0 | Zhikharev E.V. |  |
23M | Penza | |
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx1 | Loshkin N.K. |  |
24M | Penza | |
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx2 | de-Millo H.L. |  |
24M | Penza | |
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx3 | Starikov N.V. |  |
24M | Penza | |
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx4 | Galtsov S.I. |  |
23M | Penza | |
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx5 | Titov D.M. |  |
23M | Penza | |
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx6 | Osipov M.I. |  |
23M | Penza | |
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx7 | Alekseyev A.M. |  |
23M | Penza | |
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx8 | Baryshev P.K. |  |
23M | Penza | |
| 1918 | АА(АБ)-xx9 | Geilman E.K. |  |
23M | Penza |
Other banknotes of the period
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1 ruble (1918)
Pick# 86, Pick# 86x
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3 rubles (1918)
Pick# 87
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5 rubles (1918)
Pick# 88
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10 rubles (1918)
Pick# 89
- 25 rubles (1918) Pick# 90
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50 rubles (1918)
Pick# 91
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100 rubles (1918)
Pick# 92
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250 rubles (1918)
Pick# 93
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500 rubles (1918)
Pick# 94
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1000 rubles (1918)
Pick# 95a, Pick# 95b
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5000 rubles (1918)
Pick# 96a, Pick# 96b
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10000 rubles (1918)
Pick# 97, Pick# 97a…
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