Among my stuff
Prompted by @MikeLake, four days ago, I have gleaned this publishing a photo of my 5 Ruble Russian note dated 1909.
The note was signed by Dimitrii Shipov just before the revolution of 1917. The note still dated 1909 was reproduced until, and after, the revolution with difference signatures and initials before the ruble’s number. The script on the note is Cyrillic and, in English, it promises:
1. The exchange of State Credit Notes for gold coin is guaranteed by the the whole property of the state.
2. State Credit Notes circulate in the whole Empire on par with gold coin.
3. Punishment for Forgery of the State Credit Notes the person who's guilty will be deprived of all property rights and is sent to hard labour.

It found its way to America where it devalued state was overprinted as an advertising catch by Chester N Weaver Co distributors of Studebaker cars in San Francisco in the early 1920’s.

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Among my stuff.

If I am around for a long as this note I will have more stories than I have about it. I understand it is a 5 Russian Rubles bank note from 1909. After the 1917 revolution it found its way to America. To its ignominy it became a promotional item for the Studiobaker Automobile distributor Chester N Weaver Co. Since about 1925 it has been lying about in drawers here in Australia unmoved except for a look today, or the year after next.

Does any reader know more about the history of its cousins? Or do they have a history of Chester N Weaver? Studebaker cars might ring a bell with you. Was the company American wide

Apart from being interesting is there more to know?

Perhaps it is time for another Russian revolution.

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