5 chervonetses — USSR (1937)
Pick# 204


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
- Period
- Chervonets
- Face value
- 5 chervonetses: all issues
- 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 5 chervonetses — USSR (1937) 1937, series АА-ЯЯ |
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 | |||||
Other items of the period
- 1 chervonets
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1937
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- 3 chervonetses
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1937
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- 5 chervonetses
- 1937 Pick# 204
- 10 chervonetses
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1937
Pick# 205