RUBLE IN SOVIET UNION The first ruble issued for the Socialist government was a preliminary issue still based on the previous issue of the ruble prior to the Russian revolution of 1917. They are all in banknote form and started their issue in 1919. At this time other issues were made by the white Russian govt, and other governing bodies. Denominations are as follows: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 25, 50, 60, 100, 250, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 25,000, 50,000, 100,000. Short term treasury certificate were also issued to supplement banknote issue in 1 million, 5 million, 10 million rubles. These issue was printed in various fashions, as inflation crept up the security features were few and some were printed on one side, as was the case for the German inflationary notes. BANKNOTES In 1918, state credit notes were introduced by the R.S.F.S.R. for 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 rubles. These were followed in 1919 by currency notes f...
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