Due to a shortage of copper small-change coinage, the State Bank had to issue paper small-change treasury notes duplicating the copper denominations and additionally including 20- and 50-kopeck notes.
The temporary notes of 1924 were issued by the People’s Commissariat of Finance with authorization from the USSR Council of Labor and Defense, in accordance with the decree of the USSR Central Executive Committee and the Council of People’s Commissars of February 22, 1924, to ensure monetary circulation in case of a shortage of small-change coinage. The 20-kopeck note was not issued and is known only in specimen form. Their withdrawal from circulation began on January 1, 1925. They remained in circulation until August 31, 1926.