3 rubles — RSFSR (1919)

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Watermark

Lozenges over the whole field.

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Special facts

All 490 million three-ruble notes together were worth less than 150,000 new rubles at the redenomination rate of 1922.

Issue history

The three-rouble note of the first series. Print run: 490.4 million.

Sheets and specimens

A sheet of 3-rouble notes holds 25, in five rows of five; the uncut sheet in Denisov is К3-3л. Specimens are punched with the «ОБРАЗЕЦ» perforation.

Appearance

The obverse is green. The reverse is multicoloured on a guilloché background, with the value in the upper corners and an ornate value panel in the centre. The paper carries a lozenge watermark across the whole field. Not to be confused with the three-rouble note of the 1920 issue (Pick 84), whose whole reverse is green.

About the period

The settlement notes of 1919 were the first Soviet paper money with the arms of the RSFSR. They came out in two series: small notes of 1, 2 and 3 roubles, and large ones from 15 to 10,000 roubles. More about the period “Settlement notes”, 1919

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1919

Other items of the period

• 1 ruble (1919) Pick# 81
• 2 rubles (1919) Pick# 82
• 3 rubles (1919) Pick# 83
• 15 rubles (1919) Pick# 98
• 30 rubles (1919) Pick# 99
• 60 rubles (1919) Pick# 100
• 100 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 101
• 250 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 102
• 500 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 103
• 1000 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 104
• 5000 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 105
• 10000 rubles (1919) — “Babylonian note” Pick# 106