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5 chervonetses — USSR (1937)

Pick# 204

5 chervonetses — USSR (1937), obverse
Obverse
5 chervonetses — USSR (1937), reverse
Reverse

Special facts

Five chervontsy made fifty rubles; in 1947 it was replaced by the 50-ruble note with a bust of Lenin.

Appearance

Green print on both sides: the denomination at the corners and at centre left, the USSR coat of arms at upper left, a portrait of Lenin at right. The ground is multicolour -- dark green, violet and pink tones. The value is written out in 11 languages at left, centre and lower right. Size: 180 × 91 mm. Unlike the 1- and 3-chervonets notes, this denomination has no "small/small" series-prefix format. Design by Ivan Dubasov.

About the period

The chervonets notes of the 1937 pattern are State Bank of the USSR notes in 1, 3, 5 and 10 chervontsev, the last to carry the word "chervonets" and the first Soviet banknotes with a portrait of Lenin. More about the period “Chervonets”, 1937

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1937

Specifications

Issue type
Circulation
Material
Paper
Size
180 × 91 mm
Issuer
Goznak
Dominant color
green
Watermark
No
Security thread
No
Demonetized
Dec. 14, 1947

Variants

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Year Series Print run Price Details
1937 — — Estimate specimen Red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦ" or perforated. P# 204s + ☆
specimen Red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦ" or perforated. P# 204s
1937 АА-ЯЯ — Estimate Series prefix format BIG/BIG. P# 204a + ☆
Series prefix format BIG/BIG. P# 204a
1937 Аа-Яя — Estimate Series prefix format BIG/small. P# 204a + ☆
Series prefix format BIG/small. P# 204a
1937 пА-пЯ — Estimate Series prefix format small/BIG. P# 204a + ☆
Series prefix format small/BIG. P# 204a

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