50 rubles — Russian Empire (1840) — Deposit note
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Appearance
Fifty-rouble deposit note of 1840, a vertical note with a figured brown frame of circles. The upper cartouches carry the year "1840", the lower ones the number; a circle with the figure 50 stands at the bottom centre and a shield with the arms at the top. A hand-written promise to pay in silver coin and the arms of the 1830 pattern; the back carries an extract from the rules on deposits. Size 110 × 146 mm, in circulation from 10 September 1840. Besides the "ОБРАЗЕЦЪ" specimens, two museum colour trials are known, with a yellow and a red frame.
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: 1840
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
- 110 × 146 mm
- Issuer
- Expedition for the Preparation of State Papers
- Dominant color
- Brown
- Watermark
- Yes
- Security thread
- No
Variants
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