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100 Roubles
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 100 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette portrays cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, the first woman in space, set against a background vignette of a launch rocket and the globe. The inscription across the upper margin reads ПАМЯТНАЯ БАНКНОТА, with a note clarifying non-legal-tender status, while the denomination 100 СТО РУБЛЕЙ appears in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a second portrait vignette of Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova alongside a detailed underprint rendering of the Planet Earth and the Mir Space Station in orbital perspective. The denomination 100 СТО РУБЛЕЙ is printed in the lower area. |
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The 2018 100 Rouble note was issued to commemorate Russia's hosting of the FIFA World Cup — one of the few instances in which the Bank of Russia issued a commemorative note in polymer-adjacent cotton paper rather than the polymer substrate increasingly common for commemorative issues elsewhere. Goznak printed the run at its Moscow facility, which has handled Russian state currency production continuously since the Soviet period.
Circulation was intentional but limited, with the notes released through Sberbank branches in host cities during the tournament window.