1 Rouble, Ural Region, Ekaterinburg, 1918

This copy

Accession

OM-00063

Series year

1918

Actually issued

1918

manager

not read uncertain

Handwritten facsimile, legible on the note but not resolved to a name. Compare against a published signature list.

cashier

not read uncertain

Handwritten facsimile, legible on the note but not resolved to a name. Compare against a published signature list.

Grade

F (IBNS)

Edge wear, moderate soiling. Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.

Estimated value

$6.5 indicative

Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-09-07.

Dimensions

110.9 × 69.3 mm (±0.5, from the scan)

Themes

Russian Civil WarUralsSoviet regional issue

The type

Type

1 Rouble, Ural Region, Ekaterinburg, 1918

Printer

Not established

Rarity

common

Inscriptions

Obverse — an extraordinary regional issue

Областной кредитный билетъ Урала чрезвычайнаго выпуска

Regional credit note of the Urals, extraordinary issue — printed because the Urals were cut off from Moscow and the front was moving

Symbology

Soviet arms

Hammer and sickle crossed over a globe in a wreath of wheat, with a rising sun behind - industry and agriculture, the world as the field of action, and the sunrise of a new order. It replaced the eagle entirely rather than editing it.

What was happening

Issued at Ekaterinburg by the Ural Regional Soviet — the same body that ordered the execution of the imperial family in July 1918 — through the local office of the State Bank. An extraordinary regional credit note, printed because the Urals were cut off from Moscow and the front was moving.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 1 Rouble, Ural Region, Ekaterinburg, 1918 in the collection.