500 rubles — RSFSR (1922)

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Issue history

The five-hundred-rouble state currency note of 1922 was issued on 26 November 1921. The issue was denominated in the new, revalued currency: one new rouble equalled 10,000 roubles of all earlier issues. It was authorised by the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of 3 November 1921 and printed at the First Moscow factory of Goznak. Series АА (blocks 4001–4100) and ВА (blocks 4101–4149) were printed, one million notes per block — 149,000,000 in all. The notes were withdrawn from circulation on 1 October 1923.

Signatures and cashiers

The note carries two signatures: that of Nikolai Krestinsky, People's Commissar of Finance (the same on all notes), and one of ten cashiers. The cashier is set by the last digit of the block number: 1 — Onikov; 2 — Dyukov; 3 — Kozlov; 4 — Sapunov; 5 — Loshkin; 6 — Silayev; 7 — Selyavo; 8 — Beliayev; 9 — Kolosov; 0 — Porokhov.

Appearance and specimens

The printing is black. The paper carries a watermark of small six-pointed stars across the note. The note measures 194 × 110 mm. Specimens come in two forms: with a double-sided «ОБРАЗЕЦ» overprint (mirrored on the reverse) and as a pair of uniface notes with a diagonal «ОБРАЗЕЦ» perforation.

Specifications

Period

1922 issue (State currency notes)

Currency

1 ruble = 100 kopecks

Issue type

Circulation

Material

Paper

Size

194.0 × 110.0 mm

Issuer

Goznak

Dominant color

black

Watermark

Yes

Demonetized

Oct. 1, 1923

Variants

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

Year	Series	Cashier	Signature	Print run	Details
1922	—	—		—	Specimen, perforated or overprinted "ОБРАЗЕЦ"
1922	АА, ВА	Porokhov I.G.		14M	Blocks ending in 0
1922	АА, ВА	Onikov L.I.		15M	Blocks ending in 1
1922	АА, ВА	Dyukov F.Y.		15M	Blocks ending in 2
1922	АА, ВА	Kozlov M.M.		15M	Blocks ending in 3
1922	АА, ВА	Sapunov A.A.		15M	Blocks ending in 4
1922	АА, ВА	Loshkin N.K.		15M	Blocks ending in 5
1922	АА, ВА	Silayev A.P.		15M	Blocks ending in 6
1922	АА, ВА	Selyavo A.A.		15M	Blocks ending in 7
1922	АА, ВА	Beliayev A.N.		15M	Blocks ending in 8
1922	АА, ВА	Kolosov I.		15M	Blocks ending in 9