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Bank of Russia Banknotes of 1997 Issue
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Bank of Russia Banknotes of 1997 Issue (modified of 2004)
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5-Ruble Banknote
5-Ruble Banknote
The 5-Ruble banknote is designed
on the basis of the 5,000-Ruble banknote of the 1995 issue. It is 137 mm by 61 mm and it is made on paper of a
light-green hue, containing violet, red and light-green fibres. The predominant colour of the banknote is
green.
The paper has local watermarks on the left and right
coupon fields. On the broad coupon field is St. Sofia's
Cathedral in Novgorod and on the narrow coupon field is
the figure 5. The paper contains a vertical security thread, which becomes visible when the banknote is held
to the light. The thread bears the recurrent, direct and
reverse inscription " ",
printed with a black paint.
On the obverse side of the
banknote is the dark-blue Bank of Russia logo, the figure
5 printed in a dark-green colour and the embossed
inscription " "
(Bank of
Russia Note), printed in a dark-green colour, which
changes into dark-blue on the word " ". In the
centre is an engraved picture of the monument built in
Novgorod to commemorate Russia's millenary; the left part
of the monument is dark-blue and the right one is dark-green; in the background is
St. Sofia's Cathedral in Novgorod. Below is the figure 5, printed with a silvery
paint, the legend "Counterfeiting Bank of Russia
Notes Is an Indictable Crime", embossed signs for
people with poor sight, the inscription ""
(Five Rubles), and a stylised ribbon,
whose left part is dark-blue and right one is dark-green.
The ribbon bears two Cyrillic letters PP, which can only
be seen when one scrutinises the banknote under the
oblique incident light (kipp-effect). In the lower part
of the right coupon field is a grey-coloured ornamental
rosette with the light-coloured denomination 5 in its
left and right parts and the green-coloured figure 5 in
the centre. On the left side of the central part of the
note is a multi-coloured ornamental vertical band. In the
centre of the narrow left-hand coupon field is the code
and serial numbers of the banknote, printed in a
red-brown colour; in the upper part of the wide
right-hand coupon field are the code and serial number of
the note, printed in a dark-green colour. The code
consists of two letters and the serial number consists of
seven digits.
In the upper left- and right-hand
corners of the reverse side of the banknote are the
figures 5 in ornamental rosettes printed in a green colour. In the centre is the engraved image of the
fortress wall of the Novgorod Kremlin; on the left under
the engraving is the inscription "Novgorod" in
an ornamental frame, further are six dark-blue double
horizontal bands bearing the recurrent microprinted motto
" " and
a large figure 5, printed in a dark-green colour. Below
is the lettered denomination ""
(Five Rubles), printed in dark-green and dark-blue colours, the blue-coloured issue year 1997. On the right
in the central part is a multi-coloured ornamental
vertical band, whose blue elements match the white
elements of the obverse side and form a single pattern
with them when the note is held to the light.
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