50 Roubles, Banknotes of 1997 of modification of 2004
Image of the face
Image of the back
| Issuing authority: | Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) |
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| Year on the banknote: | 1997 |
| In circulation since: | 2004 |
| Substrate: |
Has a light blue shade, two localized watermarks, windowed thread; has red, light green, and two-color fibers (with alternating red and blue fragments of different widths; appear as violet to the naked eye) |
| Dimensions: | 150mm × 65mm |
| Face: | Sculpture at the basement of Rostrum column in St. Petersburg |
| Back: | Stock Exchange and Rostrum column |
Intaglio: Face: main motif; horizontal ornamental stripe; Bank of Russia emblem (graphicless area on the left); "50" (upper left); feature for the visually impaired (lower graphicless area on the left); all inscriptions; Back: main motif; cartouche printed "Санкт-Петербург", "ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ"; "50", rosettes bearing "50" (graphicless areas on the left and right); horizontal lines of microprinting in the upper part of the banknote and below the image of the Stock Exchange. Offset: Face: image of the Peter and Paul fortress; vertical ornamental stripe; "50" (graphicless area in the bottom); gray rosette with "50" (graphicless area on the right bottom); background patterns; Back: vertical ornamental stripe; background patterns; micropattern in the graphicless areas; year of issue "1997" (bottom right). Letterpress: Face: serial numbers with two letters (red on the left; dark green on the right
View under UV light
Paper: Red and light green fibers have red, yellow, and green luminescence; red areas of the two-color fibers have red luminescence. Graphic elements: Back: fragments of the background pattern in the Stock Exchange and ornamental elements on the right printed with yellow inks have yellow luminescence
View under IR light
Face
Back
Face: dark violet intaglio images (outlined with a red contour (1.1)) were printed with metameric inks, one of which absorbs IR light and the other does not. Under IR light, only a part of these images is visible; their borders may shift 2-3 mm compared to the example depending on the technological parameters.
Magnetic protection
Dark green ink used to print the serial number on the right has magnetic properties