These 100 franc notes were notes printed in Ekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk) for possible circulation in the Sverdlovsk province of the Urals but never issued. A referendum was held in 1993 on the creation of the Urals Republic in the Sverdlovsk province. Some 84% of the people voted FOR with the idea of gaining more independence from the federal state and using their own local money.
On October 27, 1993 the new republic was proclaimed but on November 10 1993 President Yeltsin sacked the governor Eduard Rossel and the movement ended. So the notes were used stamped later at the metallurgy plant at Serov (Sverdlovsk province) for local use.The following notes are known: 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, and 1000 francs. The 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 franc notes were used at the plant at Serov and irrespective of the nominal value they had the real value of 7 Rubles before August 1998.
There are different types of ink stamps of the metallurgy plant. Unfortunately, the notes are not listed in any catalogue. It should be noted that the name of the city is Ekaterinburg but the name of the province is Sverdlovskaya oblast'. There are two signatures on the notes - chairman of the board and treasurer and it is not known to whom they belong. Famous personalities of the Urals region are depicted in the middle of the notes. The note offered here shows Mendeleev, one of the key figures behind the periodic table concept
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