emergency currency, 5 000 rouble, Russia | Imperial War Museums

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Physical description

emergency currency, 5 000 rouble, Russia. Note has been folded in half, there are several creases and patches of engrained dirt and faint stains, there are also the remnants of three gummed hinges on the reverse.

History note

Currency note issued in Rostov-On-Don, Southern Federal District, Russia, the index card makes reference to General Anton Ivanovich Denikin's White Army. Note is loose in VARIOUS album between pages 251 and 252.

Object details

Category: Currency
Related period: First World War (production), First World War (association)
Production date: 1919
Materials: whole: paper
Catalogue number: CUR 4023

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