Number of banknotes: 1
Condition: Uncirculated
Denomination: 1 Rouble
Value: 1 Rouble
Currency: Rouble
Currency rate: 1 Rouble (1SUR)
Banknote type: Standard banknote
Year: 1961
Numismatic period: Soviet Union 1922-1991
Series: 1961 series
Composition: Paper
Weight: 1 g.
Shape: Rectangular
Issuing entity: State Treasury of the USSR
Printer: Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russia (1818-date)
Size: 105 × 53mm
Banknote width: 53
Catalog numbers: P:222, Denisov USSR:КБ-28
Technique: Lithography, Offset (Obverse is printed using offset starting in the late 1980s.)
Watermark: Stars across the note.
Watermark lettering: СССР ОДИН РУБЛЬ ОДИН КАРБОВАНЕЦ · АДЗIН РУБЕЛЬ БИР СӮМ · БIР СОМ · ᲔᲠᲗᲘ ᲨᲐᲜᲔᲗᲘ БИР МАНАТ · VIENAS RUBLIS · О РУБЛЭ VIENS RUBLIS · БИР СОМ · ЯК СӮМ ՄԵԿ ՌՈՒԲԼԻ · БИР МАНАТ · ÜKS RUBLA ПОДДЕЛКА ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИХ БИЛЕТОВ ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ
Watermark scripts: Armenian, Cyrillic, Georgian (Mkhedruli), Latin
Watermark text: Stars across the note.
Watermark translation: USSR One Rouble Forgery of State Treasury Notes is Punishable in Accordance with the Law.
Obverse: Colours: shades of brown, green, red, yellow, and white Four fifth of bank note has pale yellow-green security underprint in form of waving lines. The USSR coat of arms is in upper left corner, beneath of semi-frame with plant ornament and above cartouche with inscription. Denomination in the centre with inscription above and date below. Serial number printed in red is in between and to the right. The pale yellow cartouche with digit "1" is at the top of white panel located to the right. Watermark - rows of light and dark 5-pointed stars.
Obverse lettering: ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЙ БИЛЕТ СССР ОДИН РУБЛЬ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ВСЕМ ДОСТОЯНИЕМ СОЮЗА ССР И ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНЫ К ПРИЕМУ НА ВСЕЙ ТЕРРИТОРИИ СССР ВО ВСЕ ПЛАТЕЖИ ДЛЯ ВСЕХ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЙ, ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ И ЛИЦ ПО НАРИЦАТЕЛЬНОЙ СТОИМОСТИ.
Obverse translation: USSR State Treasury Note One Rouble State treasury notes are provided with all the property of the USSR and must be accepted throughout the territory of the USSR in all payments for all institutions, enterprises and individuals at face value.
Obverse designer: Sergei Akimovich Pomansky
Reverse: Colours: shades of green, red, yellow, and white Small white panel with red-yellow digit "1" at the bottom is on the left. Large panel on the right has pale yellow-green security underprint in form of intertwined lines. Large multicoloured cartouche with yellow-green digit "1" and floral elements below is on the left. Small cartouche with red-white digit "1" is in upper right corner. Multicoloured abstract elements are forming frame with cartouches. Denomination printed in red is a centre and upper half of the frame. The denomination is repeated in 14 languages in cartouche with white background located in lower half of the frame. Another cartouche with inscription printed in green is at the bottom of the frame.
Reverse lettering: СССР ОДИН РУБЛЬ ОДИН КАРБОВАНЕЦ · АДЗIН РУБЕЛЬ БИР СӮМ · БIР СОМ · ᲔᲠᲗᲘ ᲨᲐᲜᲔᲗᲘ БИР МАНАТ · VIENAS RUBLIS · О РУБЛЭ VIENS RUBLIS · БИР СОМ · ЯК СӮМ ՄԵԿ ՌՈՒԲԼԻ · БИР МАНАТ · ÜKS RUBLA ПОДДЕЛКА ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИХ БИЛЕТОВ ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ
Reverse translation: USSR One Rouble Forgery of State Treasury Notes is Punishable in Accordance with the Law.
Reverse scripts Armenian, Cyrillic, Georgian (Mkhedruli), Latin
ℹ Themes: Coat of Arms
