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1 Rouble
| Issuer | Emissionsbank in der Ukraine |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided note printed in red-brown on cream paper, with a guilloche lattice border framing the face. The denomination «Один рубль» is set in large Cyrillic characters at centre, with a numeral «1» in an ornamental cartouche to the right; a serial number is placed at the top. A three-line Russian-language inscription citing the legal basis of issue is centred below the denomination, followed by the place and date «Киев 1941» and the bank title «ЭМИССИОННЫЙ БАНК» at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Один рубль Издано на основании положения об эмиссионном банке Киев 1941 1 ЭМИССИОННЫЙ БАНК |
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The Emissionsbank in der Ukraine was established by the German occupation administration in 1942 — which makes any note bearing a 1941 date an anomaly worth examining. The bank did not formally begin operations until after its founding decree, and early-dated notes in this series are generally understood to reflect pre-dating or administrative backdating rather than actual 1941 issue.
Printed in Kiev under occupation conditions, the series was designed to displace Soviet currency and control the local money supply in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine. Karbovanets-denominated notes circulated alongside this rouble series, creating a deliberately fragmented monetary system that favored German administrative control over economic coherence.