50 rubles — USSR (1947)

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Watermark

Portrait of Lenin.

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Special facts

The fifty rubles of 1947 is larger than any note in use today: 218 × 103 mm, twice the area of the Bank of Russia’s 5,000 rubles.

Appearance

Brown color scheme. The obverse has a bust of Lenin and the USSR state emblem, with the denomination in 15 languages of the union republics: the same as on the "16 republics" note, minus Karelian; the reverse has guilloché, the legal text and the value. The paper carries a watermark portrait of Lenin. The note's own title reads "State Bank Note". No signatures. 218 × 103 mm. It entered circulation in 1957, yet the note still bears the year 1947. A variety with the series АА is known, along with a specimen.

About the period

The banknotes of the 1947 currency reform are seven denominations from 1 to 100 roubles dated "1947". The reform exchanged old money for new at 10 to 1 and removed the surplus of money accumulated during the war. More about the period “1947 Monetary Reform”

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1947

Other items of the period

• 1 ruble (1947) Pick# 216
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• 1 ruble (1947) Pick# 217
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• 3 rubles (1947) Pick# 218
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• 3 rubles (1947) Pick# 219
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• 5 rubles (1947) Pick# 220
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• 5 rubles (1947) Pick# 221
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• 10 rubles (1947) Pick# 225
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• 10 rubles (1947) Pick# 226
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• 25 rubles (1947) Pick# 227
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• 25 rubles (1947) Pick# 228
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• 50 rubles (1947) Pick# 229
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• 50 rubles (1947) Pick# 230
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• 100 rubles (1947) Pick# 231
  16 republics
• 100 rubles (1947) Pick# 232
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