5 rubles — Russian Empire (1909)
Pick# 10, Pick# 10b(1), Pick# 10b(2), Pick# 35
Watermark
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Special facts
The empire’s last new five-ruble design; it inherited its vertical format from the note of 1898.
Appearance
A 5-rouble note of 1909 in upright format, printed in blue-black over a blue and multicoloured underprint, with a large ornamental frame and the State Emblem of 1883 and the date at the top. The watermark is a repeating pattern with the figure 5. Size 100 × 153 mm. Issued from 1 December 1910 alongside the 1898 note; printed under Konshin and Shipov, then unchanged under the Provisional Government and the Soviets.
About the period
The credit notes of the 1909 pattern are new designs for the 5, 10 and 25 roubles that gradually replaced the notes of 1898–1899. More about the period “State credit notes”, 1909
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1909
Specifications
- Period
- State credit notes
- Ruler
- Nicholas II
- Face value
- 5 rubles: all issues
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 100 × 153 mm
- Issuer
- Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers
- Dominant color
- Blue
- Watermark
- Yes
- Security thread
- No
- Demonetized
- Sept. 8, 1922
Variants
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| Year | Series | Print run | Price | Details | |
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Issue 1
Manager of the State Bank:
Konshin A.V.
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| 1909 1909 |
— | — | Estimate | Signature of A. Konshin, issued 1910–1914. P# 10a | + ☆ |
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Issue 2
Manager of the State Bank:
Shipov I.P.
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| 1909 | ЗЯ – НО | — | Estimate | Signature of I. Shipov, Russian Empire issue, printed 1914–1916. P# 10b(1) | + ☆ |
| 1909 | НП – ТУ | — | Estimate | Signature of I. Shipov, Provisional Government issue, first half of 1917. P# 10b(2) | + ☆ |
| 1909 | УА-001 … | — | Estimate | Signature of I. Shipov, Provisional Government issue, autumn 1917. P# 35 | + ☆ |
| 1909 | УА-044 … | — | Estimate | Signature of I. Shipov, Soviet issue. P# 35 | + ☆ |
| 1909 | — | — | Estimate | Specimen "ОБРАЗЕЦ". P# 10s | + ☆ |
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25 rubles (1909)
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