25 rubles — USSR (1961)
Pick# 234
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Watermark
Stars running diagonally from bottom to top.
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Special facts
The 1961-series 25-ruble note is also a State Bank note, like the 10-ruble, but with a much simpler printing history: only two issues, a single font type throughout the denomination's history, and no offset-printing experiments — only Orlov printing, ever. It does have its own UV security feature, though: a rectangular stamp reading "25 РУБЛЕЙ" that first appeared partway through issue 1 and switched color from blue to yellow-green later in issue 2.
Watermark
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Stars across the note, diagonally from bottom to top.
Printing defects
Among the defects of the 1961 25-rouble notes are a misfired number, where one digit stands out of line, and strong misregistration of the printing in several places at once. An inverted watermark also occurs, in two forms: with the correct tilt of the stars and with the tilt reversed.
Paper type
1961-series notes were printed on two types of paper. The first is matte, greyish-yellow, and is less common. The second is white, glossy on one side, and is far more common. Different denominations switched paper type at different issues. Telling them apart by eye is difficult — it's more reliable to compare several notes side by side.
About the period
The currency reform of 1961 was a 10-to-1 redenomination: from 1 January 1961 old money was exchanged for new money of one tenth the face value. The coins and banknotes of the 1961 pattern circulated until the end of the Soviet Union. More about the period “1961 Monetary Reform”
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1961
Specifications
- Period
- 1961 Monetary Reform
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 121.0 × 62.0 mm
- Issuer
- Goznak
- Dominant color
- purple
- Watermark
- Yes
- Security thread
- No
- Demonetized
- Sept. 1, 1993
Variants
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| Year | Series | Print run | Price | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | — | — | Estimate | Specimen, serial "AA 0000000" (also perforated, unnumbered). P# 234s | + ☆ |
| 1961 | АА-ЭЯ | — | ≈ $2.5 | Issue 1: font 1, paper varies (purple-tinted early, switching partway through), UV security stamp introduced partway through the issue (from series ЛЛ onward). Pick# 234.. P# 234 | + ☆ |
| 1961 | Аа-См | — | ≈ $2 | Issue 2: font 1, white paper, UV security stamp color varies (light blue early, yellow-green later in the issue); a short series range (Лч-По) was never printed. Pick# 234.. P# 234 | + ☆ |
| 1961 | ЯА, ЯВ | — | ≈ $3 | Replacement series (only these two exact series, not a full range) for defective notes; no UV stamp, purple-tinted paper. Pick# 234.. P# 234 | + ☆ |
Other items of the period
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1 kopeck (1961–1991)
Y# 126
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2 kopecks (1961–1991)
Y# 127
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3 kopecks (1961–1991)
Y# 128
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5 kopecks (1961–1991)
Y# 129
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10 kopecks (1961–1991)
Y# 130
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15 kopecks (1961–1991)
Y# 131
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20 kopecks (1961–1991)
Y# 132
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50 kopecks (1961)
Y# 133a.1
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50 kopecks (1964–1991)
Y# 133a.2
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1 ruble (1961)
Pick# 222
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1 ruble (1961)
Y# 134a.1
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1 ruble (1964–1991)
Y# 134a.2
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3 rubles (1961)
Pick# 223
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5 rubles (1961)
Pick# 224
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10 rubles (1961)
Pick# 233
- 25 rubles (1961) Pick# 234
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50 rubles (1961)
Pick# 235
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100 rubles (1961)
Pick# 236
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