50 rubles — Russian Empire (1841) — Credit note
Pick# A32
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Special facts
The Safe Treasuries were state savings offices attached to the foundling homes of St Petersburg and Moscow, established under Catherine II.
Appearance
Fifty-rouble credit note of 1841 of the Savings Treasuries and the State Loan Bank. On a light ground two oval ornaments stand at the sides, joined by broad strips carrying the denomination vertically ("ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ" at the left, "РУБ: СЕРЕБ:" at the right); at the top a complex pattern of five ovals with the figure 50. A hand-written promise to pay fifty silver roubles on presentation, three signatures. The back carries the state arms and an extract from the manifesto on credit notes. Size 200 × 114 mm; issued in two print colour variants, and "ОБРАЗЕЦЪ" specimens are known, one without signatures and one with each side on a separate sheet.
About the period
The deposit notes were the first step of Kankrin's currency reform. They were meant to replace the depreciated assignats, whose rouble was worth about thirty kopecks in silver. More about the period “Deposit and credit notes”, 1840 — 1841
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1841
Specifications
- Period
- Deposit and credit notes
- Ruler
- Nicholas I
- Face value
- 50 rubles: all issues
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 200 × 114 mm
- Issuer
- Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers
- Dominant color
- Green
- Watermark
- Yes
- Security thread
- No
Variants
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