50 rubles — USSR (1989) — Assumption Cathedral, Moscow

Special facts

Gold 50 roubles of 1989 with the Assumption Cathedral, the principal church of the Moscow Kremlin, where Russian sovereigns were crowned.

About the period

The currency reform of 1961 was a 10-to-1 redenomination: from 1 January 1961 old money was exchanged for new money of one tenth the face value. The coins and banknotes of the 1961 pattern circulated until the end of the Soviet Union. More about the period “1961 Monetary Reform”, 1961 — 1991

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1989

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• 1980
• 100 rubles (1980) — Olympic Torch Y# 186
• 150 rubles (1980) — Running Y# 187
• 1988
• 3 rubles (1988) — St. Sophia Cathedral (Kiev) Y# 210
• 3 rubles (1988) — Vladimir's Silver Coin (Srebrenik) Y# 211
• 25 rubles (1988) — Christianization of Rus Y# 212
• 50 rubles (1988) — Cathedral of St. Sophia (Novgorod) Y# 213
• 100 rubles (1988) — Vladimir's Gold Coin (Zlatnik) Y# 214
• 150 rubles (1988) — Tale of Igor's Campaign Y# 215
• 1989
• 3 rubles (1989) — Moscow Kremlin Y# 222
• 3 rubles (1989) — First All-Russian Coinage Y# 223
• 25 rubles (1989) — Ivan III Y# 224
• 25 rubles (1989) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina) Y# 231
• 50 rubles (1989) — Assumption Cathedral, Moscow Y# 225
• 100 rubles (1989) — State Seal of Ivan III Y# 226
• 150 rubles (1989) — Great stand on the Ugra river Y# 227
• 1990
• 3 rubles (1990) — Cook's Expedition to Alaska Y# 242
• 3 rubles (1990) — World Summit for Children Y# 247
• 3 rubles (1990) — Peter the Great's Fleet Y# 248
• 3 rubles (1990) — St. Peter and Paul Fortress Y# 249
• 10 rubles (1990) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina) Y# 238
• 25 rubles (1990) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina) Y# 239
• 25 rubles (1990) — Packet boat St. Peter Y# 243
• 25 rubles (1990) — Packet boat St. Paul Y# 244
• 25 rubles (1990) — Peter I Y# 250
• 50 rubles (1990) — Church of the Archangel Gabriel Y# 251

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