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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 362445, member: 4626&quot;]The small print on the bottom border on both the front and back reads &quot;Waterlow &amp; Sons Limited, Londres, Angleterre&quot;&nbsp; (London, England, in French.).&nbsp; It&#039;s the company that printed the banknote.</p><p><br /></p><p>Front of the note reads &quot;Republic of Armenia, 50 rubles&quot; in French, Armenian, and Russian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why French?&nbsp; Not sure, presumably some of the owners of the company spoke French, or it was used because it was considered an international language of diplomacy (same reason most passports have text in French).</p><p><br /></p><p>The large script on the reverse is &quot;Rubles&quot; in Armenian superimposed over the number 50.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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