Following an announcement last year, the Bank of Russia has issued two new banknote denominations consisting of the 200 and 2000 rubles.
An announcement was made on the Central Bank’s website on the 12 October 2017, confirming that the new banknote denominations had entered circulation.
The new denominations join the currently circulating Russian banknote series consisting of the 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 rubles. When the Bank announced their intention of issuing new banknote denominations last year, Russian citizens were reportedly suffering with a shortage of small change in the country. It is thought that the two new banknote denominations will help to address this issue, though this has not been confirmed by the Bank of Russia.
The 200-ruble banknote
Image courtesy of the Bank of Russia Press Service
The 200-ruble cotton paper banknote has a predominantly green colour scheme, and is 150mm by 65mm – the same size as the currently circulating 10, 50, 100 and 500 denominations.
The design incorporates illustrations featuring the Monument to the Scuttled Ships in Sevastopol on the front of the note, and the State Historical and Architectural Museum-Preserve on the reverse. A QR code is also included, containing a link to a page on the Bank of Russia’s website where the note’s security features are explained.
The note includes a variety of features including a holographic 3mm wide windowed security thread, tactile lines for the visually impaired, multi-tone watermark, microtext, latent image and moire colour changing feature.
The 2000-ruble banknote
Image courtesy of the Bank of Russia Press Service
The 2000-ruble cotton paper banknote has a predominantly blue colour scheme, and is larger in size being 157mm by 69mm.
The main image on the front of the banknote is the cable-stayed bridge located in Vladivostok, connecting the peninsular with the mainland. The image shown on the reverse of the note is the Vostochny cosmodrome.
Like the 200-ruble, the 2000-ruble banknote includes a QR code directing users to the Bank of Russia’s website.
The banknote includes a holographic 5mm windowed security thread, which appears to be the kinetic Mobile thread feature. Other features are similar to the 200-ruble banknote, but additionally it includes an optically variable ink feature which forms an orbital effect when the banknote is tilted.
The security features of all banknote denominations can be viewed on the Bank of Russia website.
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Read the press release from the Bank of Russia.
