
Russia: 1822, 5% ‘Rothschild’ Loan
Issued £6,001,030 externally (38,825,600 roubles) and 4,074,400 roubles internally for the withdrawal of assignats. No internal bonds are known to exist.
Bonds are numbered by hand. There are 2 serial numbers, the difference between them being the control number. There are 6 control numbers and 4 serial letters. The bonds can be divided into 9 tranches. All bonds, except duplicates, are hand-signed by Nathan Meyer Rothschild in the top right hand margin. Bonds are either with talon 8 or with a French receipt for the talon.
Group 1. Letter A. Control number 54188. Serial numbers approx 1 to 6000.
Group 1. Letter B. Control number 54191. Serial numbers approx 6001 to 11100.
Group 1. Letter C. Control number 54202. Serial numbers approx 11101 to 16700.
Group 1. Letter D. Control number 54218. Serial numbers approx 16701 to 22000.
Group 2. Letter A. Control number 54685. Serial numbers approx 22001 to 26600.
Group 2. Letter B. Control number 54685. Serial numbers approx 26601 to 31450.
Group 2. Letter C. Control number 54685. Serial numbers approx 31451 to 36500.
Group 2. Letter C. Control number 54685. Serial numbers approx 36501 to 41200.
Group 3. Letter B. Control number 54818. Serial numbers approx 41201 to 43400.
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