ADDITIONS TO MY RUSSIAN COLLECTION

I bought a job lot of Russian note from an auction at Ramsay Cornish and Although i had most of them already there were a couple of new ones to my collection. Above is the 10 Ruble note from 1961 With an image of Lenin's bust on the front CCCP on the reverse.

 This note is also a 10 ruble note but from a much earlier date. This one has 1909 on it and I am not sure which signature is on it as it doesn't seem to match any of the 3 signatures listed in the reference book.

RUSSIAN NOTE FEATURING SIBERIAN CITY

This Russian note is the 10 Ruble note from 1997 and features the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam on the reverse and the bridge across the Yenisey river and the chapel at Krasnoyarsk on the front.

more Tussian notes HERE

A DELICATE NOTE FROM GEORGIA

This is a slightly Tatty , delicate note from Georgia. It is the 1000 rouble from 1920. I love the Georgian script although i find it a bit unfathomable.

Letters			Unicode (mkhedruli)	Name	IPA	Transcriptions				Numeric value
asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli				National	ISO 9984	BGN	Laz
Ⴀ	ⴀ	ა	U+10D0	ani	/ɑ/, Svan /a, æ/	A a	A a	A a	A a	1
Ⴁ	ⴁ	ბ	U+10D1	bani	/b/	B b	B b	B b	B b	2
Ⴂ	ⴂ	გ	U+10D2	gani	/ɡ/	G g	G g	G g	G g	3
Ⴃ	ⴃ	დ	U+10D3	doni	/d/	D d	D d	D d	D d	4
Ⴄ	ⴄ	ე	U+10D4	eni	/ɛ/	E e	E e	E e	E e	5
Ⴅ	ⴅ	ვ	U+10D5	vini	/v/	V v	V v	V v	V v	6
Ⴆ	ⴆ	ზ	U+10D6	zeni	/z/	Z z	Z z	Z z	Z z	7
Ⴡ	ⴡ	ჱ	U+10F1	he	/eɪ/, Svan /eː/	—	Ē ē	Ey ey	—	8
Ⴇ	ⴇ	თ	U+10D7	tani	/t⁽ʰ⁾/	T t	T' t'	T' t'	T t	9
Ⴈ	ⴈ	ი	U+10D8	ini	/i/	I i	I i	I i	I i	10
Ⴉ	ⴉ	კ	U+10D9	k'ani	/kʼ/	K' k'	K k	K k	Ǩ ǩ	20
Ⴊ	ⴊ	ლ	U+10DA	lasi	/l/	L l	L l	L l	L l	30
Ⴋ	ⴋ	მ	U+10DB	mani	/m/	M m	M m	M m	M m	40
Ⴌ	ⴌ	ნ	U+10DC	nari	/n/	N n	N n	N n	N n	50
Ⴢ	ⴢ	ჲ	U+10F2	hie	/je/, Mingrelian, Laz, & Svan /j/	—	Y y	J j	Y y	60
Ⴍ	ⴍ	ო	U+10DD	oni	/ɔ/, Svan /ɔ, œ/	O o	O o	O o	O o	70
Ⴎ	ⴎ	პ	U+10DE	p'ari	/pʼ/	P' p'	P p	P p	Ṗ ṗ	80
Ⴏ	ⴏ	ჟ	U+10DF	zhani	/ʒ/	Zh zh	Ž ž	Zh zh	J j	90
Ⴐ	ⴐ	რ	U+10E0	rae	/r/	R r	R r	R r	R r	100
Ⴑ	ⴑ	ს	U+10E1	sani	/s/	S s	S s	S s	S s	200
Ⴒ	ⴒ	ტ	U+10E2	t'ari	/tʼ/	T' t'	T t	T t	Ť ť	300
Ⴣ	ⴣ	ჳ	U+10F3	vie	/uɪ/, Svan /w/	—	W w	—	—	400[72]
Ⴓ	ⴓ	უ	U+10E3	uni	/u/, Svan /u, y/	U u	U u	U u	U u	400[72]
—	ⴧ	ჷ	U+10F7	yn, schva	Mingrelian & Svan /ə/	—	—	—	—	—
Ⴔ	ⴔ	ფ	U+10E4	pari	/p⁽ʰ⁾/	P p	P' p'	P' p'	P p	500
Ⴕ	ⴕ	ქ	U+10E5	kani	/k⁽ʰ⁾/	K k	K' k'	K' k'	K k	600
Ⴖ	ⴖ	ღ	U+10E6	ghani	/ɣ/	Gh gh	Ḡ ḡ	Gh gh	Ğ ğ	700
Ⴗ	ⴗ	ყ	U+10E7	q'ari	/qʼ/	Q' q'	Q q	Q q	Q q	800
—	—	ჸ	U+10F8	elif	Mingrelian & Svan /ʔ/	—	—	—	—	—
Ⴘ	ⴘ	შ	U+10E8	shini	/ʃ/	Sh sh	Š š	Sh sh	Ş ş	900
Ⴙ	ⴙ	ჩ	U+10E9	chini	/tʃ⁽ʰ⁾/	Ch ch	Č' č'	Ch' ch'	Ç ç	1000
Ⴚ	ⴚ	ც	U+10EA	tsani	/ts⁽ʰ⁾/	Ts ts	C' c'	Ts' ts'	Ts ts	2000
Ⴛ	ⴛ	ძ	U+10EB	dzili	/dz/	Dz dz	J j	Dz dz	Ž ž	3000
Ⴜ	ⴜ	წ	U+10EC	ts'ili	/tsʼ/	Ts' ts'	C c	Ts ts	Ts’ ts’	4000
Ⴝ	ⴝ	ჭ	U+10ED	ch'ari	/tʃʼ/	Ch' ch'	Č č	Ch ch	Ç̌ ç̌	5000
Ⴞ	ⴞ	ხ	U+10EE	khani	/χ/	Kh kh	X x	Kh kh	X x	6000
Ⴤ	ⴤ	ჴ	U+10F4	qari, hari	/q⁽ʰ⁾/	—	H̠ ẖ	q'	—	7000
Ⴟ	ⴟ	ჯ	U+10EF	jani	/dʒ/	J j	J̌ ǰ	J j	C c	8000
Ⴠ	ⴠ	ჰ	U+10F0	hae	/h/	H h	H h	H h	H h	9000
Ⴥ	ⴥ	ჵ	U+10F5	hoe	/oː/	—	Ō ō	—	—	10000
—	—	ჶ	U+10F6	fi	Laz /f/	—	F f	—	F f	—

wikipedia

more from Georgia HERE and HERE

I FOUND LENIN !!

Before we get to Lenin, here is a more modern Russian note - the 10000 rouble note from 1995. This was the second issue after the dissolution of the USSR on Christmas day 1991. It has the bridge over the river Yenisei at Krasnoyarsk along with the Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel . the reverse has the hydro electric dam at Kranovarsk.

And now for Lenin. Here he is on the 1 Chervonet note from 1937, 13 years after his death. The Chervonet was used as a parallel currency while the civil war was being fought in Russia and the Bolshevik government was trying to devalue the rouble. the name comes from the polish Czerwony zloty. There is some debate but this issue might have been issued to commemorate 20 years of the Bolshevik revolution !! although not very valuable, this is a note I wanted to get for a while.

See more Russian notes HERE and HERE 

A NOTE THAT HAS BEEN BUGGING ME !!!!

I had this note listed under Iran-Azerbijan but I was never able to confirm what it was so it took some time but finally I have sorted it out!! It is not from Iran-azerbijan but from a predecessor of Uzbekistan, The Bukara Soviet Peoples republic.

It took a bit of detective work on my part. First of all most of the note is in Arabic script, and I don't read Arabic script but I can look up the numbers which in this case are in the corners of the top image. 20,000. however there are 3 variations of the Arabic numbers - Arabic-Turkish, Malay-Persian and Hydrabad Arabic.

On the back of the note it has the date as 1922 in western script and also 20000 in top left and bottom right corners. In the other corners was the Cyrillic script for rouble (I know this from the Russian notes) so I looked for Russian areas that had Arabic script. I didn't find the note in any of these as it was a time of great change throughout the world but especially in Russia as they formed the USSR. eventually I tried Google and struct it lucky for images of 20000 rubles. This gave me the Bukhara soviet and then was able to look it up in the standard catalogue of world paper money (specialized issues)

So, at long last, here is the 20000 rubles note from 1922 issued by the Bukhara Soviet Peoples Republic which was part of the USSR.

you can see the previous post HERE

The other note is correctly identified as the 50 Tomans note.

RUSSIAN DATE JUGGLING

 These are two russian notes . The first is a 5 Rouble note dated as 1909 but the signature is I Shipov who's signature didn't appear until 1912 and he signed the notes until 1917. I like this note for two reasons one i am fascinated with Russia, both tzarist and Bolshevik. the other is that this is a vertically printed  note which is much more uncommon.

The second note is the  3 Rouble dated as 1905 but again the signature of A Konshin (on the right) dates it between 1909 and 1912

I already have a similar note to this one. You can see it HERE

SOCHI OLYMPIC SNOWBOARDER BANKNOTES UNVEILED

MOSCOW, October 30 (R-Sport) - Special-edition banknotes for next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi were unveiled Wednesday, with 100 days to go until Russia's first Winter Games.

Twenty-million of the blue 100 ruble ($3.13) notes will be produced, with an unusual vertical design depicting a snowboarder and several of the venues in the Sochi Olympic Park.

The note's "vertical composition, which is a response to modern tendencies in banknote design, has made it possible to portray the uniqueness off the natural region, where snowy mountains meet the warm sea," the Olympic organizing committee said in a statement.

It is unclear when the notes, which differ from the regular red 100-ruble notes, will enter general circulation.

Organizers also displayed the design of a 25-ruble commemorative coin for the Olympic torch relay, which depicts the route of the relay around Russia, with the torch superimposed. The 25-ruble denomination is not currently used.

Both the banknotes and coin will be legal tender. There will also be special 50-ruble stamps dedicated to the torch relay.

Back in March, Russian state-owned bank Sberbank started sales of a rectangular coin featuring a polar bear, one of three Sochi OIympic mascots. It has not gone into general distribution.

source: Rianovosti

UZBEKISTAN

The Republic of Uzbekistan, formerly known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the USSR. The capital city is Tashkent. in the 19th century the Russian empire expanded into central asia and included Uzbekistan in its conquest. Initially there was some resistance to the Bolshevik revolution but in 1924 the Uzbek SSR was set up. In 1991 Uzbekistan declared independence after the fall of the USSR.

Monetary Units:

1 Tenga = 20 kopek
5 Tengov = 1 Ruble
1 sum = 100 kopeks 1991
1 sum = 1000 sum coupon 1994
1 sum = 100 tiyin

The 2 notes above are both 3 sum notes. the top one is from 1994 and has the coat of arms on the front and the Cashma Ayub Mausoleum in Bukhara on the reverse. the bottom note is from 1992 and has the arms on the front and a mosque on the reverse.

This note is the 1000 sum note from 2001. it has the coat of arms on the front and the museum of Amir Temur in Tashkent on the reverse.