50 rubles — Russian Federation (1997) — Polar Bear

Obverse

Designer/engraver: L.A. Vitte, A.A. Kolodkin

Reverse

Designer/engraver: L.A. Vitte

Special facts

Gold 50 roubles of 1997 with a polar bear beneath the Great Bear constellation; the word "Arctic" itself comes from the Greek "arktos", bear.

About the period

Modern Russia is the money after the redenomination of 1998, when a thousand old roubles became one new rouble. The coins and banknotes of the 1997 pattern are still in circulation. More about the period “Modern Russia”, 1997 — to present

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1997

Other items of the period

• 1997
• 3 rubles (1997) — Reconciliation and Concord Y# 587
• 3 rubles (1997) — Solovetski Monastery Y# 591
• 3 rubles (1997) — Polar Bear Y# 593
• 10 rubles (1997) — The Swan Lake Y# 569
• 25 rubles (1997) — Moscow Y# 554
• 25 rubles (1997) — The Swan Lake Y# 570
• 25 rubles (1997) — The Swan Lake Y# 571
• 25 rubles (1997) — Brown Bear Y# 592
• 25 rubles (1997) — Polar Bear Y# 594
• 25 rubles (1997) — The Sable Y# 622
• 50 rubles (1997) — Moscow Y# 555
• 50 rubles (1997) — The Swan Lake Y# 572
• 50 rubles (1997) — Polar Bear Y# 595
• 100 rubles (1997) — Moscow Y# 556
• 100 rubles (1997) — Moscow Y# 557
• 100 rubles (1997) — The Swan Lake Y# 573
• 100 rubles (1997) — The Swan Lake Y# 574
• 100 rubles (1997) — Barque «Krusenstern» Y# 588
• 100 rubles (1997) — Polar Bear Y# 596
• 100 rubles (1997) — Polar Bear Y# 597
• 100 rubles (1997) — Witte's Emission Law Y# 623
• 200 rubles (1997) — Polar Bear Y# 598
• 1000 rubles (1997) — Barque «Krusenstern» Y# 589
• 10000 rubles (1997) — Polar Bear Y# 599
• 1998
• 1 ruble (1998) — World Youth Games Y# 614

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