500 Roubles, Banknotes of 1997

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: 1998
Substrate:

Has a light violet shade, two localized watermarks, thread with text; has red, light green, and violet fibers

Dimensions: 150mm × 65mm

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 with the Orloff effect; "500" (left graphicless area in the bottom); gray rosette with "500" (graphicless area on the right bottom); background patterns; Back: vertical ornamental stripe with a split duct effect; 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

Localized (broad graphicless area) half-tone portrait of Peter I the Great

View under UV light

Face
Back

Paper: Over the banknote surface, red and light green fibers have red and green luminescence; individual areas of the thread have green luminescence under UV light. Graphic elements: Face: left and right parts of the gray rosette in the broad graphicless area have low intensity pink luminescence; Back: fragments of the background image and vertical ornament printed with yellow and green inks have yellow and green luminescence


View under IR light

Face

Face: intaglio images 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


Magnetic protection

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