50 rubles — Russian Empire (1843–1865)
Pick# A39
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Special facts
The fifty-ruble note of the 1843 pattern repeats the size, 200 × 114 mm, of the Safe Treasury note of 1841.
Appearance
Fifty-rouble credit note of the 1843 pattern on a grey ground. An oval and a circle stand in the middle, vertical ornaments at the sides ("ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ" at the left and "РУБ: СЕРЕБ:" at the right), and at the top a complex pattern of circles with the figure 50 around a larger circle with the arms. The back carries an extract from the manifesto and the arms. Watermark: "КРЕДИТНЫЙ", "1843 ГОДА", "ГОСУДАР:" and "БИЛЕТЪ". Size 200 × 114 mm; dated 1843, 1847, 1851, 1855, 1856, 1864 and 1865.
About the period
The State Credit Notes of the 1843 pattern completed Kankrin's reform: they replaced both the assignats and the deposit notes. More about the period “State credit notes”, 1843 — 1865
Specifications
- Period
- State credit notes
- Rulers
- Nicholas I, Alexander II
- 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
- Grey
- Watermark
- Yes
- Security thread
- No
Variants
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