100 Roubles, State Bank of the USSR, Soviet Union, 1991 (Pick 242)

This 100 Roubles note was issued in Soviet Union by the State Bank of the USSR, dated 1991. It belongs to the Sixth Rouble (1961-1991) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Soviet Union (1922-1991). It measures 144 × 71 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 242.

Obverse: Dark red-orange and dark blue-green print; multicolor underprint. Ornamental upper and lower edges of underprinted region at left and at center. Ornamental frame at left and center borders of printed region. Bust of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin facing right in oval at upper left. State Emblem of the USSR at upper center, issuing institution above. Value over denomination at lower center, legal text below. Denomination in rosette guilloché at bottom right center and at bottom right. Date at lower right center. Its lettering reads “БИЛЕТ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА / СССР / Сто / рублей / 100 / БАНКНОВСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ЗОЛОТОМ, ДРАГОЦЕННЫМИ / МЕТАЛЛАМИ И ПРОЧИМИ АКТИВАМИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА / 1991”. Translation given in the catalogue: “Banknote of the State Bank of the USSR One hundred rubles 100 Banknotes are backed by gold, precious metals, and other assets of the State Bank. 1991”.

Reverse: Dark red-orange and dark blue print; light orange, light green, light blue, and light red underprint; brown-black serial numbers. Denomination over rosette guilloché at bottom left, at top center left, at top right, and at upper center right. View of Vodovzvodnaya Tower, Blagoveschenskaya Tower, Grand Kremlin Palace, and St. Basil's Cathedral at center. Value at right lower center, value in 14 languages below, legal text below. Scripts: Armenian, Cyrillic, Georgian (Mkhedruli) and Latin. Its lettering reads “СССР / 100 / СТО РУБЛЕЙ / СТО КАРБОВАНЦІВ / СТО РУБЛЁЎ · ЮЗ СЎМ · ЖУЗ СОМ · ასი მანეთი / ЈУЗ МАНАТ · ŠIMTAS RUBLIŲ · О СУТЗ ДЕ РУБЛЕ / SIMTS RUBĻU · ЖУЗ СОМ · САД СӮМ / ՀԱՐՅՈՒՐ ՌՈՒԲԼԻ · ЙУЗ МАНАТ · SADA RUBLA / ПОДДЕЛКА БИЛЕТОВ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО / БАНКА СССР ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ”. Translation given in the catalogue: “USSR 100 One hundred rubles Forgery of banknotes of the State Bank of the USSR is prosecuted by law.”.

The note was printed by Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russian Federation (1818-date). Design is credited to Iván Ivánovich Dubásov. Watermark: Bust of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin facing right. Technique: Intaglio, Offset. Issue date recorded in the catalogue: 23 January 1991. Demonetized: 1 September 1993. Identification note: match the value, issuing bank, printed date and Pick number together; dates and signature combinations distinguish sub-varieties, which are not separated in this entry. Details follow the Numista catalogue entry and the Standard Catalog reference it cites; they have not been checked against a central-bank archive.