50 kopecks — USSR (1961)

Special facts

The 50 kopeks of 1961 with a plain edge, which gave poor protection against forgery. No half-roubles were struck in 1962–1963 while edge lettering was being mastered; it appeared from 1964.

About the period

The currency reform of 1961 was a 10-to-1 redenomination: from 1 January 1961 old money was exchanged for new money of one tenth the face value. The coins and banknotes of the 1961 pattern circulated until the end of the Soviet Union. More about the period “1961 Monetary Reform”, 1961 — 1991

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1961

Other items of the period

• 1 kopeck (1961–1991) Y# 126
• 2 kopecks (1961–1991) Y# 127
• 3 kopecks (1961–1991) Y# 128
• 5 kopecks (1961–1991) Y# 129
• 10 kopecks (1961–1991) Y# 130
• 15 kopecks (1961–1991) Y# 131
• 20 kopecks (1961–1991) Y# 132
• 50 kopecks (1961) Y# 133a.1
• 50 kopecks (1964–1991) Y# 133a.2
• 1 ruble (1961) Pick# 222
• 1 ruble (1961) Y# 134a.1
• 1 ruble (1964–1991) Y# 134a.2
• 3 rubles (1961) Pick# 223
• 5 rubles (1961) Pick# 224
• 10 rubles (1961) Pick# 233
• 25 rubles (1961) Pick# 234
• 50 rubles (1961) Pick# 235
• 100 rubles (1961) Pick# 236