500 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)
Year on the banknote: 1997
In circulation since: 2004
Substrate:

Has a light violet shade, two localized watermarks, windowed thread; has red, light green, and two-color gray fibers (with alternating red and blue fragments of different widths; appear as violet to the naked eye)

Dimensions: 150mm × 65mm
Face:

Monument to Peter I and sailing ship in the port of Arkhangelsk

Back:

Solovetsky monastery

Intaglio: Face: main motif; horizontal ornamental stripe; Bank of Russia emblem (graphicless area on the left); "500" (upper left); feature for the visually impaired (lower graphicless area on the left); all inscriptions; Back: main motif; "ПЯТЬСОТ РУБЛЕЙ"; "500" (bottom right); rosettes bearing "500" (graphicless areas on the left and right); horizontal lines of microprinting along the top of the banknote and below "500" Offset: Face: vertical ornamental stripe; "500" (graphicless area in the bottom); gray rosette with "500" (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

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1 Watermark

Electrotype "500" with shading

View under UV light

Face
Back

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 and ornamental elements printed with orange inks have yellow luminescence


View under IR light

Face

Back

Face: burgundy intaglio images (outlined with a red contour) 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 inks used to print the serial number on the right has magnetic properties