250 rubles — USSR (1918)

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Watermark

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"250" and dots repeated across the note diagonally.

Issue history

The Pyatakov note is essentially a Provisional Government banknote: it was prepared in 1917, and the double-headed eagle without imperial regalia on the reverse follows a drawing by I. Bilibin. It was printed at the Goznak factory in Penza. Issue was planned for 1918, but the October Revolution got in the way, and the note only reached circulation in May 1919 (the 5000 and 10000 roubles in December). What makes it Soviet is only the facsimile signature of G. Pyatakov.

Blocks and cashiers

Every note carries two signatures: Chief Commissioner of the People's Bank G. Pyatakov (the same on all) and a cashier. In series АА and АБ the cashier is fixed by the last digit of the block number. The note was printed in three places: series АА in Penza, АБ in Moscow, АГ in Perm. Series АГ consists of just seven blocks (АГ-601…АГ-607), each listed on its own row. 167 blocks were issued in all: АА-001…АА-140, АБ-001…АБ-020 and АГ-601…АГ-607, 1,000,000 notes per block.

Specifications

Period

1918 issue (Pyatakov notes)

Currency

1 ruble = 100 kopecks

Issue type

Circulation

Material

Paper

Size

146.0 × 100.0 mm

Issuer

Goznak

Dominant color

green

Watermark

Yes

Demonetized

Dec. 31, 1922

Variants

Chief Commissioner of the People's Bank: Pyatakov G.L.

Year	Series	Cashier	Signature	Print run	Details
1918	—	—		—	Specimen, perforated "ОБРАЗЕЦ"
1918	АА-xx0	Starikov N.V.		14M	Penza
1918	АА-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		14M	Penza
1918	АА-xx2	Titov D.M.		14M	Penza
1918	АА-xx3	Osipov M.I.		14M	Penza
1918	АА-xx4	Alekseyev A.M.		14M	Penza
1918	АА-xx5	Baryshev P.K.		14M	Penza
1918	АА-xx6	Geilman E.K.		14M	Penza
1918	АА-xx7	Zhikharev E.V.		14M	Penza
1918	АА-xx8	Loshkin N.K.		14M	Penza
1918	АА-xx9	de-Millo H.L.		14M	Penza
1918	АБ-xx0	Starikov N.V.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx2	Titov D.M.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx3	Osipov M.I.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx4	Alekseyev A.M.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx5	Baryshev P.K.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx6	Geilman E.K.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx7	Zhikharev E.V.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx8	Loshkin N.K.		2M	Moscow
1918	АБ-xx9	de-Millo H.L.		2M	Moscow
1918	АГ-601	Baryshev P.K.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-602	Geilman E.K.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-603	Zhikharev E.V.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-604	Loshkin N.K.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-605	de-Millo H.L.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-606	Starikov N.V.		1M	Perm
1918	АГ-607	Titov D.M.		1M	Perm

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