250 rubles — RSFSR (1917) — Duma note

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Duma notes

The State Credit Notes of 1917 in 250 and 1000 roubles, designed by the Provisional Government without imperial symbols: the underprint carries a double-headed eagle without crowns and a right-turned swastika, a symbol of rebirth and prosperity. The 1000-rouble note was nicknamed "dumka" after the Tauride Palace, the building of the State Duma, on its back; the 250 roubles took the same name. The notes were printed under the Provisional Government and later under the Soviet government, until the credit notes of 1918 appeared; in the autumn of 1922 they were exchanged for the new money. All issues carry the signature of Shipov.

Appearance

Two-hundred-and-fifty-rouble State Credit Note of 1917, the "dumka", brown. A solid light brown ground, a rectangular ornamental frame with guilloche rosettes holding 250 in the corners; in the centre another frame with large rosettes over which stand the figure 250 and the word "РУБЛЕЙ", the denomination in words "ДВЕСТИ ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ РУБЛЕЙ" and "ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ" in two lines. The back is on a light beige ground in a rope-like frame, with a right-turned swastika on a complex underprint in the centre and a double-headed eagle without crowns over it. Watermark: a pattern of wavy lines with dots. Size 175 × 105 mm, issued in September 1917. The issues of the Provisional Government (series below АА-019) and the Soviet issue (later, to spring 1919) are signed by Shipov.

Specifications

Period

Provisional Government state credit notes

Currency

1 ruble = 100 kopecks

Issue type

Circulation

Material

Paper

Size

175.0 × 105.0 mm

Issuer

Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers, later Goznak

Dominant color

Brown

Watermark

Yes

Security thread

No

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Manager of the State Bank: Shipov I.P.

Year	Series	Print run	Price	Details
1917	—	—	Estimate	Provisional Government issue
1917	—	—	Estimate	Soviet issue

Other items of the period

• 250 rubles (1917) — Duma note Pick# 36
• 1000 rubles (1917) — Duma note Pick# 37