25 rubles — Russian Empire (1802) — Unissued

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Special facts

A square note is a rare format for Russian money: 142 by 142 millimetres.

Appearance

A 25-rouble assignat prepared for the reform of 1802–1803 and never issued. An intricate square frame with patterns; dark rectangles at the sides spell out "ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ". At the top is the early 19th-century arms of the Russian Empire — a crowned double-headed eagle holding sceptre and orb — with the figure 25 below. In the middle runs the text "ОБЪЯВИТЕЛЮ СЕЙ АССИГНАЦIИ ПЛАТИТЪ АССИГНАЦIОННЫЙ БАНКЪ ХОДЯЧЕЮ МОНЕТОЮ … РУБЛЕЙ". On the back is the monogram of the Chief Director of the Assignation Bank, the letters "ГДАБ". Size 142 × 142 mm. Only trial pieces exist; they are held in the Goznak museum.

About the period

The second-type assignats replaced the first-type notes, which were forged far too often. The design stayed almost the same, but the paper was now coloured, made at a special mill in Tsarskoye Selo. More about the period “Assignats”, 1786 — 1818

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1802

Other items of the period

• 5 rubles (1786–1818) Pick# A8
• 5 rubles (1802) — Unissued Pick# A13
• 10 rubles (1786–1818) Pick# A9
• 10 rubles (1802–1803) — Unissued Pick# A14
• 25 rubles (1785–1818) Pick# A10
• 25 rubles (1802) — Unissued Pick# A15
• 25 rubles (1803–1811) — Napoleonic forgery Pick# A10
• 50 rubles (1785–1818) Pick# A11
• 50 rubles (1805–1808) — Napoleonic forgery Pick# A11
• 100 rubles (1785–1818) Pick# A12
• 100 rubles (1802) — Unissued Pick# A16