50 kopecks — RSFSR (1923)

Watermark

A mosaic pattern unique to this denomination.

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Special facts

The round, coin-like design on the back seemed to stand in for a coin: the silver fifty-kopek pieces of the RSFSR had not yet been released.

Watermark and specimens

The paper carries a mosaic-pattern watermark specific to this denomination. Besides ordinary notes, known forms include an uncut uniface proof sheet (obverse and reverse printed separately), a specimen with a red «ОБРАЗЕЦ» overprint, and a specimen with an «ОБРАЗЕЦ» perforation.

Appearance

Both sides are blue. The obverse has the RSFSR coat of arms at the centre of a circular design, the value «ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ КОП.» and a warning that forgery is prosecuted by law. The reverse has a circular coin design with the value «50 КОПЕЕК» and the year «1923». The note measures 53 × 47 mm.

About the period

The state currency notes of 1923 were the second and last sovznak issue. One rouble of 1923 equalled 100 roubles of the 1922 pattern. More about the period “State currency notes”, 1923

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1923