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

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State Credit Notes of 1866–1886

The credit notes of the 1866 pattern with the monogram of Alexander II entered circulation in 1869 and are dated 1866–1880 (1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 roubles). The fronts of the regular notes are framed by micro-text of the denomination, and the back carries an extract from the manifesto on credit notes and an oval portrait of a Russian ruler (the 1 and 3 roubles and the funtovka have none). The notes were signed by the deputy manager of the State Bank, Lamansky, and a cashier. From 1876 the 25-rouble note was also printed as the one-sided "funtovka". The notes dated 1882–1886 carry the monogram of Alexander III and are described under 1887–1896. Most were withdrawn from 1 January 1893.

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.

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