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50 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Value | 50 Roubles (50 Рублей) |
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| Obverse description | Imperial eagle arms at upper left, accompanied by an ornate oval monogram cartouche of Emperor Alexander II rendered in fine engraving. The central field carries the denomination '50' in large guilloche numerals at right, with the title 'Государственный Кредитный Билетъ' set in letterpress above the authorising text. A repeating guilloche underprint of '50' figures frames the note borders, with serial number and series letters appearing at lower left and right. |
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| Reverse lettering | ИЗВЛЕЧЕНИЕ ИЗЪ ВЫСОЧАЙШАГО МАНИФЕСТА О КРЕДИТНЫХЪ БИЛЕТАХЪ ПЕТРЪ ВЕЛИКИЙ ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОССИЙСКИЙ 1866 |
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The 1866 issue falls within the credit note series that the State Bank had been managing since its establishment in 1860, when it absorbed the functions of the earlier State Commercial and State Loan Banks. These 50-rouble notes circulated alongside silver and gold coinage during a period when Russia was still nominally on a metallic standard, though convertibility in practice was erratic following the Crimean War's fiscal damage.
Pick A46 is poorly documented in most Western references — survivor population appears thin, and distinguishing genuine examples from later forgeries requires attention to the paper and seal impressions specific to this run.