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50 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire (Государственный Банк) |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Size | 190 × 118 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ РУБЛЕЙ НИКОЛАЙ I Государственный Банкъ размѣниваетъ кредитные билеты на золотую монету безъ ограниченія суммы (1 р.=1⁄15 имперіала, содержитъ 17,424 долей чистаго золота). Управляющій Кассиръ 1899 |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ РУБ. ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ РУБ. 50 ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ РУБЛЕЙ 1. Размѣнъ государственныхъ кредитныхъ билетовъ на золотую монету обезпечивается всѣмъ достояніемъ Государства. 2. Государственные кредитные билеты имѣютъ хожденіе во всей Имперіи наравнѣ съ золотою монетою. 3. За поддѣлку кредитныхъ билетовъ виновные подвергаются лишенію всѣхъ правъ состоянія и ссылкѣ въ каторжную работу. |
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The 1899 series was Russia's longest-running imperial note issue, remaining in official circulation through the revolutionary period and well into early Soviet rule — the Bolsheviks initially had no choice but to keep Tsarist paper in use while the new state scrambled to establish its own printing capacity. This 50 Rouble denomination accordingly accumulated an exceptional number of signature combinations across its lifespan, reflecting successive State Bank directors and their cashiers from Pleske through Shipov, a span covering roughly two decades of monetary administration.
The EZGB in St. Petersburg produced the entire run domestically, which was a point of deliberate imperial policy — Russia had moved aggressively to internalize its banknote production after earlier dependence on foreign printers.