Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Roubles
| Issuer | Government Bank, Yerevan Branch |
|---|---|
| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | ЭРИВАНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА Специальный ток. счет Правительства Республ. Армении Сер. Н. 15 № 119 Руб. 25 Руб. Эривань, Августъ 1919 г. Предъявитель сего чека имеетъ получить изъ Эриванскаго Отделенiя Государственнаго Банка двадцать пять рублей. Министръ — Председатель Управляющiй Министерствомъ Финансовъ Наст. токъ имеетъ обязательное хожденiе наравне съ кредитными билетами. |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | P#16a - issued note P#16x - misprint with text "Гочударчтвеннаго" P#16y - misprint with text "двадцашь" |
| Comments |
Armenia's short-lived first republic issued this note through the Yerevan branch of what had been the Russian imperial banking network — the Government Bank infrastructure simply carried over after the collapse of Transcaucasian federation arrangements in 1918. The new Armenian government had virtually no time to establish an independent monetary framework before Soviet forces arrived in late 1920, meaning this entire series had an effective lifespan of under two years.
Counterfeiting was a documented problem across all Armenian issues of this period, compounded by primitive local printing facilities and paper supply disruptions from ongoing regional conflict with Ottoman and later Turkish nationalist forces.