50 rubles — USSR (1990) — Church of the Archangel Gabriel

Special facts

Gold 50 roubles of 1990 with the Church of the Archangel Gabriel in Moscow, the Menshikov Tower, built in 1701–1707 for Alexander Menshikov; it was once taller than the Ivan the Great Bell Tower.

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: 1990

Other items of the period

• 1989
• 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
• 100 rubles (1990) — Bronze Horseman Y# 252
• 150 rubles (1990) — Boat St. Gabriel Y# 245
• 150 rubles (1990) — Battle of Poltava Y# 253
• 1991
• 3 rubles (1991) — Yuri Gagarin Monument Y# 262
• 3 rubles (1991) — Fort Ross Y# 264
• 3 rubles (1991) — Bolshoi Theatre Y# 274
• 3 rubles (1991) — Arch of Triumph in Moscow Y# 275
• 5 rubles (1991) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina) Y# 268
• 10 rubles (1991) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina) Y# 269
• 10 rubles (1991) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina) Y# 285
• 25 rubles (1991) — Three Saints Harbour Y# 265
• 25 rubles (1991) — Novo-Arkhangelsk Y# 266

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