500 rubles — RSFSR (1919) — “Babylonian note”

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Watermark

• The numeral "500" set horizontally over the whole field.
• Six-pointed stars over the whole field.

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Special facts

After the redenomination of 1922 five hundred rubles of 1919 were worth five kopeks.

Series, cashiers and factories

The cashier — one of ten — is set by the last digit of the block number (0 — Titov, 9 — Osipov). The series were printed by three Goznak factories: the First Moscow factory printed АА (blocks 001–200) and АГ (001–066), Penza АБ (001–087) and Perm (the Urals) АВ (001–079). Each block is 1,000,000 notes; varieties are distinguished by series and last block digit, with the Moscow series АА and АГ combined. In all, 432 million notes were printed.

Sheets, watermarks and specimens

The notes were printed in sheets of 10 (2 × 5). All series occur with a watermark of the numeral 500 laid horizontally, while series АБ and АВ also occur with a different one — six-pointed stars; in series АБ the stars are missing only with the cashier whose block ends in 6. A printing error is known: the reverse printed upside down. Specimens are perforated «ОБРАЗЕЦЪ».

Appearance

The dominant colour of the note is green. The note measures 110 × 75 mm.

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

Specifications

Period

Settlement notes

Currency

1 ruble = 100 kopecks

Issue type

Circulation

Material

Paper

Size

110.0 × 75.0 mm

Issuer

Goznak

Dominant color

green

Watermark

Yes

Demonetized

Nov. 1, 1922

Variants

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People's Commissar of Finance of the RSFSR: Krestinskiy N.N.

Year	Series	Cashier	Signature	Print run	Price	Details
1919	—	—		—	Estimate	Specimen, perforated "ОБРАЗЕЦЪ"	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	Titov D.M.		26M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	Galtsov S.I.		27M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	Starikov N.V.		27M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	de-Millo H.L.		27M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	Loshkin N.K.		27M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	Zhikharev E.V.		27M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	Geilman E.K.		27M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	Baryshev P.K.		26M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	Alekseyev A.M.		26M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АА, АГ-…	Osipov M.I.		26M	≈ $14	Moscow	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx0	Titov D.M.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx2	Starikov N.V.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx3	de-Millo H.L.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx4	Loshkin N.K.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx6	Geilman E.K.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx7	Baryshev P.K.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx8	Alekseyev A.M.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx9	Osipov M.I.		—	≈ $14	Penza	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx0	Titov D.M.		—	≈ $14	Penza, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		—	≈ $14	Penza, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx2	Starikov N.V.		—	≈ $14	Penza, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx3	de-Millo H.L.		—	≈ $14	Penza, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx4	Loshkin N.K.		—	≈ $14	Penza, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		—	≈ $14	Penza, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx7	Baryshev P.K.		—	≈ $14	Penza, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx8	Alekseyev A.M.		—	≈ $14	Penza, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АБ-xx9	Osipov M.I.		—	≈ $14	Penza, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx0	Titov D.M.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx2	Starikov N.V.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx3	de-Millo H.L.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx4	Loshkin N.K.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx6	Geilman E.K.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx7	Baryshev P.K.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx8	Alekseyev A.M.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx9	Osipov M.I.		—	≈ $14	Perm	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx0	Titov D.M.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx2	Starikov N.V.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx3	de-Millo H.L.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx4	Loshkin N.K.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx6	Geilman E.K.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx7	Baryshev P.K.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx8	Alekseyev A.M.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	АВ-xx9	Osipov M.I.		—	≈ $14	Perm, star watermark	+ ☆
1919	—	—		—	Estimate	Full sheet of 10 (2 × 5)	+ ☆
1919	—	—		—	Estimate	Error: reverse inverted	+ ☆

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