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| Issuer | State Bank of the Russian Empire (Государственный Банк) |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1700-1917) |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour letterpress and intaglio design in green, blue, red, and brown, with the Imperial double-headed eagle arms set within a large ornate guilloche rosette at upper left, surrounded by a circular underprint bearing repeated denomination numerals '50 РУБ'. The central field carries a large green numeral '50' underprint overlaid with a dark-ink text block of three numbered legal clauses. A smaller denomination panel at lower left reads ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ / РУБЛЕЙ within a geometric frame, and the borders on all four sides carry repeating denomination text as a continuous letterpress legend. |
| 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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| Protection description | Watermarked paper with repeated denomination numerals and wavy-line pattern visible when held to light. |
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