The Commercial Bank of Siberia (Сибирскій Торговый Банкъ), founded in 1872, was one of the major private banks of Imperial Russia, playing a key role in the economic development of Siberia: financing gold mines, furs, grain and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Nationalized in 1917, it remains a legendary name in pre-revolutionary Russian finance.

This certificate represents TEN SHARES OF 250 ROUBLES EACH (i.e. 2500 ROUBLES total), dated Saint Petersburg 1905. Numbered No. 12881 to No. 12890. Trilingual Russian / French / English text (Commercial Bank of Siberia / Sibirische Handels-Bank). Articles of association sanctioned 28 June 1872. Bright pink and burgundy tones. Magnificent vignette of the same type as the unit shares: allegorical Siberian scenes (miners, a hunter, a merchant). Multiple purple stamps: "used 1907" and "1910 1 June" attesting to rights exercised. Handwritten annotations at the top.

Apparent condition: good to very good, sturdy paper, vivid colors, fold marks and numerous stamps attesting to an active financial life.

A grouped denomination, rarer than the unit share, appreciated for the size and legibility of the design.