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50 Roubles
| Issuer | State Bank of the USSR (Государственный банк СССР) |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 50 Roubles (50 SUR) |
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| Obverse lettering | Билет Государственного банка СССР Пятьдесят рублей БАНКОВСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ЗОЛОТОМ, ДРАГОЦЕННЫМИ МЕТАЛЛАМИ И ПРОЧИМИ АКТИВАМИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА (Translation: Banknote of the State Bank of the USSR Fifty Roubles Banknotes are backed by gold, precious metals, and other assets of the state bank) |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a view of the Kremlin Senate Building dome flying the USSR flag, set against the crenellated Kremlin wall with a tower in the foreground, rendered in dark green intaglio; the composition is framed by a multicolour guilloche border. Denomination numerals "50" appear at lower left and lower right corners within ornamental cartouches, and the full panel is surrounded by a fine rosette-pattern underprint in pastel tones. |
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The 1991 series was the last full issue of Soviet banknotes before the USSR ceased to exist in December of that year. Goznak had been printing state currency continuously since 1818, and this run carried no indication that it would be among the final products of that particular political order — production timelines meant sheets were already being printed as the union dissolved around them.
Pavlov's January 1991 currency reform, which voided all 50 and 100 Rouble notes issued before 1991 with only 72 hours' notice, created acute public distrust of paper money at exactly the moment this note entered circulation. Many Soviet citizens simply stopped holding large-denomination notes.