25 rubles — USSR (1947)

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Special facts

The violet colour of the twenty-five-ruble note passed on to the note of 1961, which was worth ten times as much.

Appearance

Purple color scheme. The obverse has the USSR state emblem and the denomination in 15 languages of the union republics: the same as on the "16 republics" note, minus Karelian; the reverse has a bust of Lenin. The note's own title reads "State Bank Note". No signatures. 169 × 95 mm. It entered circulation in 1957, yet the note still bears the year 1947. Varieties are known with the series written АА or Аа, along with a specimen.

About the period

The banknotes of the 1947 currency reform are seven denominations from 1 to 100 roubles dated "1947". The reform exchanged old money for new at 10 to 1 and removed the surplus of money accumulated during the war. More about the period “1947 Monetary Reform”

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1947

Other items of the period

• 1 ruble (1947) Pick# 216
  16 republics
• 1 ruble (1947) Pick# 217
  15 republics
• 3 rubles (1947) Pick# 218
  16 republics
• 3 rubles (1947) Pick# 219
  15 republics
• 5 rubles (1947) Pick# 220
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• 5 rubles (1947) Pick# 221
  15 republics
• 10 rubles (1947) Pick# 225
  16 republics
• 10 rubles (1947) Pick# 226
  15 republics
• 25 rubles (1947) Pick# 227
  16 republics
• 25 rubles (1947) Pick# 228
  15 republics
• 50 rubles (1947) Pick# 229
  16 republics
• 50 rubles (1947) Pick# 230
  15 republics
• 100 rubles (1947) Pick# 231
  16 republics
• 100 rubles (1947) Pick# 232
  15 republics