3 Gold Roubles, USSR, 1924 (Pick 187)

This 3 Gold Roubles note was issued in USSR, dated 1924. It belongs to the Fourth Rouble (1924-1947) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Soviet Union (1922-1991). It measures 168 × 76 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 187.

Obverse: Green print; light green underprint; green series number, red serial number. Border with ingrained leaves and date at top edge center at right. State Emblem of the USSR at upper right. Value over denomination over rosette guilloché at upper center. Series number, serial number, and signatures at right center. Two lounging proletarian men reading at lower right. Scripts: Cyrillic and Cyrillic (cursive). Its lettering reads “1924 / ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЙ БИЛЕТ / С.С.С.Р. / 3 / ТРИ РУБЛЯ / ЗОЛОТОМ / Народный Комиссар / Финансов / Кассир”. Translation given in the catalogue: “State Treasury Banknote USSR 3 Three rubles in gold People's Commissariat for Finance Cashier”.

Reverse: Green print; light green underprint. Denomination at lower left surrounded by value in five languages. Legal text in five languages at top left center and at bottom center in Russian. Scripts: Arabic, Armenian, Cyrillic and Georgian (Mkhedruli). Its lettering reads “БIЛЄТ ДЕРЖАВНОЇ СКАРБНИЦІ С.Р.С.Р. / ش س ج اتفاقنك دولت خوينه بيلاتى / Խ.Ս.Հ.Մ. ՊԵՏԱԿԱՆ ԳԱՆՁԱՐԱՆԻ ՏՈՄՍ. / ДЗЯРЖАЎНЫ КАЗНАЧЭЙСКІ БІЛЕТ С.С.С.Р / ს.ს.რ.კ. სახელმწიფო სახაზინო ბილეთი. / КАРБО / ВАНЦІВ / ЗОЛО / ТОМ / آلتون / ايله / رق له / ՐՈԻ / ԲԼԻ / ՎՈՍ / ԿՈՎ / РУБ / ЛІ / ЗОЛА / ТАМ / ეაცეთი ოქროთი / ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЕ / БИЛЕТЫ обязательны к приему на всей / территории Союза Советских Соци”. Translation given in the catalogue: “State Treasury Banknote of the U.S.S.R. 3 Gold Rubles State Treasury Banknotes are required to be accepted throughout the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in all payments for all institutions, enterprises and individuals at the go”.

The note was printed by Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russian Federation (1818-date). Watermark: Duotone watermark. "СССР" and "3" at upper left, "ТРИ РУБ" in zig-zagging across note, and "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" at bottom right. Signatures recorded for the type: Grigory Yakovlevich Sokolnikov "2nd sign" (GYS") (People's Commissar of Finance of the USSR); Leonid Ivanovich Onikov (LIO) (Cashier); Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozlov (MMK) (Cashier); Gerasimov (G) (Cashier). Issue date recorded in the catalogue: 5 February 1924. Demonetized: 14 December 1947.

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.