I sell banknote on picture GIORI "Queen of Spades" De La Rue Specimen Test Note! What you are looking at here is a beautiful Specimen Test Note produced by the Giori De La Rue Company, a pioneer in Bank Note design and production! It is called the "Queen of Spades" Test Note by other Test Note Collectors. Other information revealed it as a version of the so-called " Pushkin Note ." A nice RARE SPECIMEN TEST NOTE! This note was produced in 1977. Its Technicolor design on the reverse side displays a complicated webbed grid of colors consisting of pinks, greens, blues, purples, etc. The completed vignette displays a beautifully dressed woman in elegant clothes, wearing a crown and smelling a flower. Its motif is a rendition of "suits" commonly displayed on a deck of cards (spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds). It bears the denomination of "10" meaning 10 Rubles. The other side of the note is more descriptive, bearing the vignette of a young man with curly hair, Alexander Pushkin, who was a Russian National Poet. It also bears the background of a rustic looking Russian city, which is St. Petersburg, Russia. The word "SPECIMEN" is printed in pink on the right hand side of the note. It also bears a numeral "20" in red, which is the "series" of this test printing. There is ample writing, but I am unable to translate it from its Cyrillic script. This note originates from Switzerland--this is also where the Giori Company was actually located! It was a specialized issue when the Soviet Government had plans to order new print machines to print their paper money. Printed by De La Rue Giori's Equipment, designed by Roger Pfund. 100% authentic and extremely interesting! |