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25 rubles of the sample of 1909
Banknotes with a nominal value of 25 rubles first appeared in Russia in 1769, and immediately behaved quite aggressively towards banknotes of 75 rubles: they forced this denomination out of circulation, and as it turned out later – forever.
5 rubles of the sample of 1909
Banknotes with a nominal value of 5 rubles first appeared in Russia in 1786 by the decree of Catherine the Great.
'My address is not a house or a street, my address is the Soviet Union'
The generation born in the 60-80s of the last century today remembers with nostalgia the period of its childhood/youth, which fell on the eternal memory of the 'times of stagnation'.
About our smaller brothers
Representatives of the Earth's fauna represent a special world, a separate universe, dissolved among human civilization.
Derzhavnyj credit bilet for 100 hryvnia. UNR roku 1918
On paper money, you can see the signatures of the persons who supervised their issue, whether it is the head of the State Bank and the Ministry of Finance, there you can also see the signature of the chief cashier of these state institutions.
Borrowed tickets of the Vladikavkaz Railway
By the autumn of 1918, when the Kuban and Don were cleared of the Bolsheviks, the Cossacks decided to seriously engage in the real economy, and they began with the most important thing – with the railways.
10 rubles of the sample of 1909
Banknotes with a nominal value of 10 rubles first appeared in Russia in 1786 by decree of Empress Catherine II.
The Russian state. Treasury notes of the sample of 1919. The catalogs are marked 'not released'.
Autumn of 1919, the South of Russia.
VSYUR 10 000 rubles of the sample of 1919
I have noticed for a long time that the design of paper money unwittingly reflects the social atmosphere of the time when they were issued.
State Bank of the Northern Region-GBSO
From August 1918 to February 1920, an independent territorial entity with an administrative center in Arkhangelsk – the Northern Region-existed in the north of the European part of Russia.
Bilet Derzhavnoi Skarbnitsy on 200 hryvnia. UNR 1918 roku
In April 1918, there was a change of power in Kiev, and at the same time the name of the country: the Ukrainian People's Republic was replaced by the Ukrainian State, headed by Hetman Pavel Skoropadsky.
A lot doesn't mean good
As life shows, having the status of 'MOST-MOST' is not a guarantee of well-being and success.