10 Chervontsev

Features

Issuer	Soviet Union (Russia)
Issuing bank	State Bank of the USSR
Period	Soviet Union (1922-1991)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1937
Value	10 Chervontsev (100)
Currency	Fourth Rouble (1924-1947)
Composition	Paper (white)
Size	188 × 98 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Technique	Lithography
Issued	January 1938
Demonetized	14 December 1947
Number	N# 207984
References	P# 205 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Denisov USSR# Б-14 Aleksandr E. Denisov. Бумажные денежные знаки РСФСР, СССР и России 1917-2005 годов. Dipak, Moscow, Russian Federation (2 volumes).

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Series: 1937 series

Obverse

Dark blue-green print; blue-green underprint.

Denomination in corners and center left. State Emblem of the USSR at upper left center. Value at center. Portrait of Vladimir Lenin at right center.

Scripts: Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)

Lettering:
ДЕСЯТЬ

Билет
Государственного Банка
Союза ССР

10

ДЕСЯТЬ ЧЕРВОНЦЕВ

БАНКОВСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ЗОЛОТОМ, ДРАГОЦЕННЫМИ МЕТАЛЛАМИ И ПРОЧИМИ АКТИВАМИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА

Translation:
Ten

Banknote
of the State Bank
of the USSR

10

Ten chervontsev

Banknotes are backed by gold, precious metals, and other assets of the State Bank

Engraver: Alexander Gugovich Blum

Designers: Alfred Rudolfovich Eberling, Iván Ivánovich Dubásov

Reverse

Dark blue-green print; blue-green underprint.

Denomination at left, center, bottom, and right. Value in 10 languages at inner borders and in Russian at center.

Scripts: Armenian, Cyrillic, Georgian (Mkhedruli), Latin

Lettering:
ON CERVONЬS
ON CERVONS
ᲐᲗᲘ ᲩᲔᲠᲕᲝᲜᲔᲪᲘ
ON CERVON

10

ДЕСЯТЬ ЧЕРВОНЦЕВ

1937

ON CERVON
DAH CERVONS
ՏԱՍ ՉԵՐՎՈՆԵՑ
ON CERVONS

ДЕСЯТЬ ЧЕРВІНЦІВ

ДЗЕСЯЦЬ ЧЫРВОНЦАЎ

Translation:
10

Ten chervontsev

1937

Engraver: Alexander Gugovich Blum

Designer: Iván Ivánovich Dubásov

Printer

Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russian Federation (1818-date)

Comments

The series prefixes for this banknote use the following 25 letters of the Russian alphabet: Аа, Бб, Вв, Гг, Дд, Ее, 3з, Ии, Кк, Лл, Мм, Нн, Оо, Пп, Рр, Сс, Тт, Уу, Фф, Хх, Цц, Чч, Ьь, Ээ, and Яя.

The series prefixes exist in three formats:

All capital letters (АА-ЯЯ)
Capital and lowercase (Аа-Яя)
Lowercase and capital (аА-…)

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Date	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1937				$ 68			P# 205a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Denisov USSR# Б-14.3 Aleksandr E. Denisov. Бумажные денежные знаки РСФСР, СССР и России 1917-2005 годов. Dipak, Moscow, Russian Federation (2 volumes).	Series аА-…	0.9%
1937	$ 3.90	$ 4.90	$ 15	$ 33	$ 71	$ 260	P# 205a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Denisov USSR# Б-14.1 Aleksandr E. Denisov. Бумажные денежные знаки РСФСР, СССР и России 1917-2005 годов. Dipak, Moscow, Russian Federation (2 volumes).	Series АА-ЯЯ.	94%
1937							P# 205a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Denisov USSR# Б-14.2 Aleksandr E. Denisov. Бумажные денежные знаки РСФСР, СССР и России 1917-2005 годов. Dipak, Moscow, Russian Federation (2 volumes).	Series Аа-Яя.	0.4%
1937							P# 205s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen.	1.3%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Katz Auction 147 Lot 1398	17 Dec 2024	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.3 – Series аА-…	XF	USD 64.95 (EUR 56.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 95 Lot 902	16 Sep 2023	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.3 – Series аА-…	XF	USD 70.75 (EUR 61.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 178 Lot 1576	13 Dec 2025	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.1 – Series АА-ЯЯ.	UNC (PMG 64)	USD 168.17 (EUR 145.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 164 Lot 1832	1 Aug 2025	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.1 – Series АА-ЯЯ.	UNC (PMG 66 EPQ)	USD 361.85 (EUR 312.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 159 Lot 991	3 Jun 2025	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.1 – Series АА-ЯЯ.	UNC	USD 122.94 (EUR 106.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Katz Auction 145 Lot 496	29 Nov 2024	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.1 – Series АА-ЯЯ.	UNC (PMG 64 EPQ)	Unsold
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 135 Lot 1254	14 Aug 2024	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.1 – Series АА-ЯЯ.	UNC (PMG 64 EPQ)	USD 291.11 (EUR 251.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 130 Lot 1214	24 Jun 2024	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.1 – Series АА-ЯЯ.	UNC (PMG 64 EPQ)	USD 267.91 (EUR 231.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 124 Lot 1247	14 May 2024	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.1 – Series АА-ЯЯ.	UNC (PMG 64 EPQ)	USD 260.95 (EUR 225.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 140 Lot 1048	22 Oct 2024	1937 – P# 205a, Denisov USSR# Б-14.1 – Series АА-ЯЯ.	UNC	Unsold
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.