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| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 1997-2001 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio-engraved statue of Peter I (the Great) set on a pedestal inscribed АРХАНГЕЛЬСК, with a tall-masted sailing vessel and a modern ship rendered in the background against a multicolour guilloche underprint. A circular blue medallion bearing the double-headed eagle emblem of the Bank of Russia appears to the left, with the large numeral 500 in intaglio to its right. Denomination in Cyrillic script, ПЯТЬСОТ РУБЛЕЙ, runs along the lower edge, while a latent-image value panel and anti-counterfeiting legend appear at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | 500 ПЯТЬСОТ РУБЛЕЙ 1997 (Translation: 500, Five Hundred Roubles, 1997) |
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| Protection description | Peter I portrait and the numeral 500 visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note; latent image panel at lower right of obverse revealing the numeral 500 when viewed at an angle |
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