50 rubles — RSFSR (1920)

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Watermark

• Lozenges.
• Large six-pointed stars.
• Small six-pointed stars.

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Issue history

The fifty-rouble note entered circulation in February 1921, the first settlement note with the RSFSR arms in the design approved on 20 July 1920. It was printed at the Goznak factories in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don in sheets of 20 (5 × 4).

Sheets, watermarks and specimens

The paper occurs in four varieties: with a lozenge watermark (Pick 107a), large six-pointed stars (107b), small six-pointed stars (107c, on paper supplied from Germany) and without a watermark (107d). Specimens carry a red «ОБРАЗЕЦ» overprint, on one or both sides.

Appearance

Both sides are printed in brown (part of the issue in yellow-brown ink). The obverse shows the RSFSR coat of arms at the centre and the value '50 РУБ' repeated around a decorative frame. The reverse sits on a guilloché background, with the value '50' at the centre and 'ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ' beneath it. The note measures 50 × 37 mm.

About the period

The settlement notes of 1920–1921 were the last money of the RSFSR before the redenomination of 1922. In two years the denominations grew from 3 to 100,000 roubles. More about the period “Settlement notes”, 1920 — 1921

Other items of the period

• 3 rubles (1920) Pick# 84
• 5 rubles (1920) Pick# 85
• 50 rubles (1920) Pick# 107
• 100 rubles (1921) — Yellow Pick# 108
• 100 rubles (1921) — Orange Pick# 109
• 250 rubles (1921) Pick# 110
• 500 rubles (1921) Pick# 111
• 1000 rubles (1921) Pick# 112
• 5000 rubles (1921) Pick# 113
• 10000 rubles (1921) Pick# 114
• 25000 rubles (1921) Pick# 115
• 50000 rubles (1921) Pick# 116
• 100000 rubles (1921) Pick# 117