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5 Silver Roubles
| Issuer | Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers (EZGB) |
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| Year | 1843-1865 |
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| Value | 5 Roubles (5 Рублей) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is executed in letterpress and intaglio, with the denomination numeral "5" at upper left and right flanking a central cartouche bearing the crowned Imperial double-headed eagle. Below the eagle, the bold Cyrillic legend ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ heads a multi-line cursive Cyrillic text authorising redemption in silver or gold coin, beneath which manuscript signatures of the Управляющий, Директор, and Кассир appear. The lower register carries the denomination ПЯТЬ РУБ. СЕРЕБР. within a guilloche panel, with the serial number at lower left and right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ По предъявлении сего билета немедленно выдается из разменных касс Экспедиции Кредитных билетов пять рублей серебряною или золотою монетою Управляющий Директоръ Кассиръ ПЯТЬ РУБ. СЕРЕБР. |
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The Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers (EZGB) was the Russian state's own security printing house, established in 1818 specifically to bring banknote production under direct government control — ending a prior dependence on foreign printers. These 5 Rouble credit notes, issued across a span of more than two decades under Nicholas I and into Alexander II's reign, circulated in a monetary environment where silver remained the official monetary standard and paper notes were formally convertible to it, at least in theory. Actual convertibility was intermittently suspended.
The series covered a long stretch of fiscal instability, including the enormous costs of the Crimean War, which by 1858 had badly strained convertibility commitments.