Interesting facts about the currency of Russia and details about the features of the bill of five hundred rubles

Every day, most residents and guests of the Russian Federation use rubles and, a little more often, a penny. But not many know the history of this monetary unit. The article will tell you about the history of the ruble, give interesting facts, and also touch upon the issue of circulation of some large bills.

Why exactly "ruble"?

The current currency of Russia is the ruble. Numerous versions agree that the verb "hack" is a single root for the word "ruble". There is also an exotic version, claiming that the "ruble" has one root with the ancient Indian word "rupee" and means "processed silver." For the first time as a monetary unit, the "ruble" is mentioned in the letters of Veliky Novgorod. During the reign of Dmitry Donskoy began his own coinage in Moscow. At the beginning of the monetary reform, 1 Moscow ruble equaled 100 Novgorod money or 200 Moscow money, which were called kopecks. At present, the price of the ruble is equal to one hundred kopecks.

When the first ruble and other interesting facts about the Russian currency were minted

• In 1654, the first coin worth 1 ruble was minted, which was in circulation for not more than a year. The chasing of ruble coins resumed under Peter the Great, since then it has not ceased to this day.
• In addition to the emblem, the money of tsarist Russia depicted Russian emperors: Alexander II, Catherine the Great, Peter I.
• It is interesting that Ivan Ivanovich Dubasov developed the design of the first Soviet ruble, which was issued in 1919. On the front side of banknotes until 1992, there was an image of Lenin, who changed the look of the stylized Moscow Kremlin.
• Due to the fact that foreign currency is widely used in the domestic circulation of modern Russia , the rubles needed an officially approved symbol.
• Monuments of 1 ruble coins are installed in Tomsk and Dimitrovgrad.
• In the game "Pokemon" currency pokedollar is also designated as the ruble.

All about the bill of five hundred rubles: design

"Pyatikhatka", "petenka", "violet", "petr" - all these are the common names of the most popular and popular banknotes in Russia worth five hundred rubles, the design of which is dedicated to Arkhangelsk. In the drawing of the note there is a monument to Peter the Great in the background of the river and sea stations, on the reverse side there is a panorama of the Solovetsky Monastery. Around Solovki, a lot of copies were broken in the banking forums. Even the topic about the image on the back of the boulevard of the Argentine Naval Forces training ship "Libertad" was exaggerated, indicating references to sources where its full description is given. Until 2010, the churches depicted on the bill are crowned with four-pitched roofs, not domes, which gives the right to assume that it is the Solovetsky camp, not the monastery. Subsequently, the modification of the bill has changed: the monastery image is presented from a different angle and with domes, and the vessel is absent. There is another misconception that on a bill of five hundred rubles depicts the barge "Sedov." The version is erroneous, because the vessel on the bill is three-masted, and "Sedov" is a four-masted vessel.

Various issues of the bill of 500 rubles

There are several modifications and issues of the banknote worth five hundred rubles. Currently, there are 4 types of such bills in circulation: the 1997 sample, the same sample, but the modifications of 2001, 2004 and 2011. All four types are accepted for payments throughout the territory of Russia. Since this note is the most expensive, the Bank of Russia constantly raises the level of money protection, introduces more modified options into circulation. A banknote with a nominal value of five hundred rubles in 2010 is considered to be the most secure. The prevailing color of the bill is violet-blue, the size is 150x65 mm. Two colored and gray fibers, fine relief strokes, protective threads and watermarks were introduced into the paper . When the reverse and the front sides are combined, their fragments coincide, forming an integral pattern. The figures of the serial number of the banknote of five hundred rubles of modification of 2010 from left to right gradually increase, on the reverse side the image has changed, some of whose elements have magnetic properties.

The largest bill in Russia

In the framework of this article, it is worth mentioning what is the largest ruble note. Many remember that in 1997 the currency of the Russian Federation was pro-denominated and the bill went not to millions, as it was before, but to thousands. The production of a five thousandth note is typical for a period of hyperinflation or a low ruble rate relative to other world currencies. Banknotes worth 5000 rubles were issued in different years both by the government of the country and by separatist associations. On the front side of the banknote is a monument to N.N. Muraviev-Amur, on the back - a bridge across the Amur River, the dominant color is red-orange. Interestingly, on the Internet there are several sites for selling bills with very unusual numbers. Many people love the magic of numbers and are willing to pay a lot of money for the numbers on the phone or car. Not less demand from collectors are banknotes with numbers like 1234567, 0000001, 7777777, etc. There are even orders from those who want to receive a bill with a home or mobile phone number. We hope that our article has helped you to learn more about the currency "ruble", as well as about popular banknotes currently in circulation.