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
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
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.
Dark green inks used to print the serial number on the right has magnetic properties