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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Issue history

The 500-ruble note of the second 1919 series is also a "Babylonian note", with the same multilingual slogan "Workers of the world, unite" on the reverse, Arabic and Chinese among its languages. The note is dated 1919 but was actually released in March 1920. In all, 432 million notes were printed — four series at three factories. A decree of 28 June 1922 stopped the issue; until 1 November 1922 the notes could be exchanged for 1922-series rubles at 10,000 to 1.

Series, cashiers and factories

The note carries two signatures: that of the People's Commissar of Finance N. Krestinsky (the same on all) and one of ten cashiers, 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.

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 slogan on the reverse is printed in four scripts: Cyrillic, Latin, Arabic and Chinese characters. The note measures 110 × 75 mm.

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	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АА, АГ-…	Galtsov S.I.		27M	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АА, АГ-…	Starikov N.V.		27M	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АА, АГ-…	de-Millo H.L.		27M	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АА, АГ-…	Loshkin N.K.		27M	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АА, АГ-…	Zhikharev E.V.		27M	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АА, АГ-…	Geilman E.K.		27M	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АА, АГ-…	Baryshev P.K.		26M	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АА, АГ-…	Alekseyev A.M.		26M	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АА, АГ-…	Osipov M.I.		26M	Estimate	Moscow
1919	АБ-xx0	Titov D.M.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx2	Starikov N.V.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx3	de-Millo H.L.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx4	Loshkin N.K.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx6	Geilman E.K.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx7	Baryshev P.K.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx8	Alekseyev A.M.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx9	Osipov M.I.		—	Estimate	Penza
1919	АБ-xx0	Titov D.M.		—	Estimate	Penza, star watermark
1919	АБ-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		—	Estimate	Penza, star watermark
1919	АБ-xx2	Starikov N.V.		—	Estimate	Penza, star watermark
1919	АБ-xx3	de-Millo H.L.		—	Estimate	Penza, star watermark
1919	АБ-xx4	Loshkin N.K.		—	Estimate	Penza, star watermark
1919	АБ-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		—	Estimate	Penza, star watermark
1919	АБ-xx7	Baryshev P.K.		—	Estimate	Penza, star watermark
1919	АБ-xx8	Alekseyev A.M.		—	Estimate	Penza, star watermark
1919	АБ-xx9	Osipov M.I.		—	Estimate	Penza, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx0	Titov D.M.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx2	Starikov N.V.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx3	de-Millo H.L.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx4	Loshkin N.K.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx6	Geilman E.K.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx7	Baryshev P.K.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx8	Alekseyev A.M.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx9	Osipov M.I.		—	Estimate	Perm
1919	АВ-xx0	Titov D.M.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx1	Galtsov S.I.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx2	Starikov N.V.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx3	de-Millo H.L.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx4	Loshkin N.K.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx5	Zhikharev E.V.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx6	Geilman E.K.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx7	Baryshev P.K.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx8	Alekseyev A.M.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	АВ-xx9	Osipov M.I.		—	Estimate	Perm, star watermark
1919	—	—		—	Estimate	Full sheet of 10 (2 × 5)
1919	—	—		—	Estimate	Error: reverse inverted

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