250 rubles — RSFSR (1917) — Duma note

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Special facts

Two hundred and fifty rubles was a value that first appeared on Russian money with the dumka of 1917.

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.

About the period

The "dumki" are the Provisional Government's State Credit Notes of 1917 in 250 and 1,000 roubles, without imperial symbols. More about the period “Provisional Government state credit notes”, 1917

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1917

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