25 rubles — Russian Empire (1876–1886) — Funtovka

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Special facts

The English banknotes that the “funtovka” resembles were also printed on one side only, in black on white paper.

Appearance

The "funtovka": a twenty-five-rouble note without a monogram, named after the English pound notes it imitates. Printed on one side on yellowish paper with rounded corners, the back blank. The state arms stand at upper left, a brown frame with an extract from the manifesto at lower left and a large figure 25 at lower right. Watermark: a bust portrait of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich with the denomination in two lines beside it and a fir-tree ornament around, the first portrait watermark on Russian banknotes. Size 192 × 128 mm; issued from 1876, dated 1876, 1882, 1884 and 1886. The notes of 1882–1886 are signed by the manager Tsimsen, the 1876 note by Lamansky.

About the period

The State Credit Notes of the 1866 pattern were printed for almost thirty years: first with the monogram of Alexander II, and from 1882 with that of Alexander III. The backs of the higher denominations carry portraits of Russian rulers. More about the period “State credit notes”, 1866 — 1886

Coins and banknotes of these years: 1876, 1882, 1884, 1886

Other items of the period

• 1 ruble (1866–1880) Pick# A41
• 1 ruble (1882–1886) Pick# A48
• 3 rubles (1866–1880) Pick# A42
• 3 rubles (1882–1884) Pick# A49
• 5 rubles (1866–1880) Pick# A43
• 5 rubles (1882–1884) Pick# A50
• 10 rubles (1866–1880) Pick# A44
• 10 rubles (1882–1886) Pick# A51
• 25 rubles (1866–1876) Pick# A45
• 25 rubles (1876–1886) — Funtovka Pick# A45A
• 50 rubles (1866) Pick# A46
• 100 rubles (1866–1880) Pick# A47
• 100 rubles (1882–1894) Pick# A53