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25 Roubles
| Issuer | Erivan Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown tones on plain paper. The upper portion bears the issuing authority in Cyrillic lettering arranged in two lines within a decorative border with ornamental corner devices. A central guilloche vignette carries the large numeral '25' as the denomination indicator, flanked by vertical side panels with repeated Cyrillic text. The lower portion contains handwritten and printed text identifying the series, serial number, date of issue (August 1919), and the obligation text, with two manuscript signatures of the Minister and Finance Minister above a printed compliance clause. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЭРИВАНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА Специальный тек. счет Правительства Республики Армении Сер. Ж 27 № 0144 Эриванъ, Августъ 1919 года РУБ. 25 РУБ. Предъявитель сего тек. чека имеетъ получить изъ Эриванскаго Отделения Государственнаго Банка двадцать пять рублей Министръ Председатель Министръ Финансовъ Настоящий чекъ имеетъ обязательное хождение наравне съ кредитными билетами |
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The Erivan branch of the Russian State Bank began issuing its own regional notes in 1919 as central authority from Moscow had effectively ceased to function across the Caucasus. Armenia at this point was caught between competing pressures — the newly declared Armenian Republic, ongoing Dashnak administration, and the remnants of Russian imperial banking infrastructure still nominally operating out of Erivan. This note is a product of that administrative overlap, not of any single coherent monetary authority.
Pick 8A is distinguished from the closely related 8 by differences in the serial number format. The printing itself was rudimentary, a reflection of the limited press facilities available in Erivan at the time.