25 rubles — Russian Empire (1840) — Deposit note
Pick# A28
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Special facts
The notes were issued by the Deposit Office, opened at the Commercial Bank on 1 January 1840: people brought in silver and received convenient paper notes in return.
Appearance
Twenty-five-rouble deposit note of 1840, a vertical note in black print. Ovals in the corners of the frame carry the figure 25 above and the year "1840" below, and a circle with the arms stands at the top centre. A hand-written promise to pay in silver coin and the arms of the 1830 pattern; the back carries an extract from the rules on deposits. Size 103 × 142 mm, issued from 20 December 1839. Specimens inscribed "ОБРАЗЕЦЪ" are known.
About the period
The deposit notes were the first step of Kankrin's currency reform. They were meant to replace the depreciated assignats, whose rouble was worth about thirty kopecks in silver. More about the period “Deposit and credit notes”, 1840 — 1841
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1840
Specifications
- Period
- Deposit and credit notes
- Ruler
- Nicholas I
- Face value
- 25 rubles: all issues
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 103 × 142 mm
- Issuer
- Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers
- Dominant color
- Black
- Watermark
- Yes
- Security thread
- No
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