The most expensive banknotes of modern Russia. “500 rubles” (bill): how to determine its authenticity 500 ruble banknotes old and new

What can determine the price of an ordinary modern banknote? Which ones are rare and expensive? For which banknotes are collectors willing to pay tens of times more than the denomination figure? To answer these questions, let’s consider the main points that affect the cost of banknotes.

5 rubles from 1997, although not officially withdrawn from circulation, are no longer seen. Cost - 600 rubles

Rare denominations of Russian banknotes

With denominations everything is simple, you just need to know that 5 ruble banknotes stopped printing back in 1999. Therefore, at present they are practically never found, although they are officially considered a valid means of payment. The collection price of five-ruble banknotes in good condition is 250 rubles. And in exceptional safety, without the slightest traces of circulation and any, even the slightest kinks (this degree of preservation of banknotes is called “press”), more than 500 rubles.

2. Modifications of modern banknotes, their impact on price

An important point that you need to pay attention to in order to determine the value of a banknote is the date of “modification”, it is indicated in the lower left corner (see figure).

What does it mean? As we can see, the design of Russian banknotes, at its core, has remained unchanged since 1997. But, to increase wear resistance and improve protective properties, some changes are periodically made to banknotes. Their appearance. For monetary transactions this is not important, but for collectors these are completely new banknotes, some of them can be very rare and expensive.

In 2001, the first modification of all issued banknotes was made. As a result of the improvement of security measures, banknotes acquired luminescent properties - the numbers indicating the denomination in the lower left corner began to have a yellow-green glow in ultraviolet rays. To distinguish the updated banknotes, in their lower left part, on the front side, small text “modification - 2001” was applied. - with the height of letters and numbers of text less than half a millimeter.

Place of application of the inscription "modification" in 2001, 2004 and 2010.

In 2004, a second change in the properties of banknotes was carried out. Almost all 10, 50 and 100 ruble banknotes currently in circulation are of this modification. One of the main innovations was the appearance in banknotes of a metallized diving security thread, 2 millimeters wide. On the reverse side of banknotes, this thread comes out to the surface in five visible areas. Also, security fibers were introduced into the new banknotes: gray, red, light green and two-color, which glow in ultraviolet light. The designating text began to look like “modification 2004.”

In 2010, there was a modification of banknotes with denominations of 500, 1000 rubles and a new banknote of 5000 rubles, issued since 2006. Banknotes of this modification contain a special set of machine-readable security features designed for authentication, which can be read using automatic devices.

Visual differences (fragment) of the 500 ruble banknote: issued in 1997, modifications in 2001, 2004 and 2010.

Prices for 1997 banknotes (by modifications)

The table shows the price for banknotes in good condition from circulation. For banknotes in “press” condition, without the slightest blots or bends, it is approximately 2-3 times higher. As you can see, depending on the time of issue of the banknote, i.e. modifications, the price of even modern money in circulation can be tens of times higher than the face value. So, having found a long-term “stash”, do not rush to take it to the store; first check the small text - “modification”. And it’s very good if it’s not there at all, which means you have in your hands a rare and rather expensive banknote (even without modifications), which can be sold profitably to collectors.

Remark: Everything written above can be reduced to one, albeit simplified, but easy to remember feature - bills without a visible protective tape are much more expensive than the face value. Banknotes with denominations from 5 to 100 rubles are at least ten times, and higher denominations are on average two times.

3. The most expensive Russian banknotes by letter series

Each banknote has an individual number, and every 10 million has its own series. The series is indicated by two letters preceding the seven-digit banknote number. There are three points that influence pricing here.

First– series with letters AA. This combination of letters is stamped on banknotes at the very beginning of their production. Banknotes with the letter AA, that is, those that were printed at the very beginning of the issue of a new banknote, are more attractive to collectors. Their cost can be three times more (minus the face value) than in the table above. The 500 ruble banknote of the 2001 series modification is very rare and in demand. aA, its price is more - 3000 rubles.

Series banknotes - AA.

Second– special series, which are assigned to experimental banknotes periodically produced by the Goznak factory. This happens when you decide to try new paper or paint to improve the durability of banknotes. Experimental banknotes are “marked” with a special series and put into circulation in a particular region. After six months or a year of being in circulation, they are withdrawn (using identification by series) and the effectiveness of the new technological solution used in the production of banknotes is analyzed.

The first such prototypes released into monetary circulation were 50 rubles with the AB series and 100 rubles with the AL series, modified in 2001. They were printed on experimental paper and coated with a special water-repellent varnish. Now the collection value of each of these banknotes that escaped return to the Goznak laboratory is more than 4,000 rubles in good condition. In moderately shabby form, they are valued at 1,500 rubles.

Experimental banknotes: 50 rubles AB series and 100 rubles AL series. The cost is 3000 rubles.

We are not even talking about the evaluation in “press” condition, since all of them came to collectors already from circulation and are practically never found in perfect preservation. Due to the lack of information, the huckster dealers simply did not have time to “intercept” them at the right time and in the right place.

It is also known that 100 rubles were issued with the AB series, but these banknotes are extremely rare. It can be assumed that if sold, their cost will be several tens of thousands of rubles.

The second pilot batch of experimental banknotes was released into test circulation in 2006. This is a 10 ruble modification from 2004 with the FF and TsTs series. New paper was tested on the FF series of ten-ruble banknotes, and paint on the TsTs series. Today these banknotes are very rare. The cost of tens that have been in circulation is 1500 rubles with FF, 1200 rubles with CC.

Experimental banknotes: 10 rubles from the TsTs series, + a fragment of a banknote with the FF number. Cost 1200 - 1500 rubles.

To test the varnish coating, 100 ruble bills of the 2004 modification, series UU, FF and TsTs, were intended. On banknotes with the UU and FF series, different paper and varnish were used, the CC were printed on standard paper and served as a standard, a reference point, when determining the degree of dilapidation of the withdrawn banknotes. The cost of all these banknotes is approximately the same and is significantly higher than the face value: 300 rubles if the banknote is out of circulation and 600 if the banknote is intact.

The benefits of such experiments are obvious. Average duration life of a hundred rubles, in recent years, increased one and a half to two times. Today, protected by watermarks, metallized thread and special marks, 100-ruble banknotes become unusable in only 1.5 - 2 years. Some paper money lasts longer, some less. Banknotes of 10 rubles. They wear out in just six to eight months, 1000-ruble bills in two and a half years, five-thousandth bills in four and a half.

Experimental banknotes: 100 rubles series УУ + banknote fragments with FF and CC numbers. Cost 600 rubles.

The fourth experiment, “for dilapidation,” began to be carried out in August 2016, also on 100 ruble banknotes. The goal is still the same - testing the varnish coating, obviously in preparation for the release of new denominations of 200 and 2000 rubles. This time, the bills were “marked” with 11 different series; what they all have in common is that they all begin with the capital letter “U” - UA, UB, UE, UK, UL, UN, US, УХ, УЧ, Уь, УО. All of them are divided into 5 experimental batches with numbers from 1 to 4 (the batch number is the first digit in the seven-digit numbering of the banknote) and the fifth “K”. The higher the experience number, the thicker the varnish coating applied to the banknote. Collectors who have them note that batches number 3 and 4 are characterized by a stronger smell of paint, and in batch “K” the banknotes are matte, that is, without a varnish coating (K – control). This time the dealers were well prepared. And they immediately confiscate such banknotes from banks in bricks. In the jargon of numismatists, a “brick” is a plastic Goznak packaging containing 10 packs, i.e. 1000 bills. Then they disperse in “stubs” (packs of 100 bills) to smaller dealers; and from them already - to “simple” collectors, at retail, at a price of 130 - 150 rubles, the condition is naturally only “press”. There is no time for Goznak’s experiments, so to speak, “Nothing personal - just business.”

Experimental banknotes 2016. Cost 130 rubles.

Third– replacement series. The next reason for the appearance of banknotes with rare (expensive) series, the so-called replacement series. In Russia, they first appeared in the production of commemorative banknotes of Sochi 2014 and have the letters Ahh(exactly “A” is large and behind it “a” is small). Their circulation is approximately 100 - 150 times less than the main one and they are intended to replace rejected banknotes in packs of the main issue. The cost of such bills is 250 rubles.

When making Crimean banknotes, less “substitute” was needed and such banknotes (series - ks) are already significantly more expensive - up to 400 rubles.

4. Banknote number - its influence on the price of the banknote

And finally, the fourth thing you need to pay attention to when identifying banknotes in your pocket that are significantly more expensive than the face value is a beautiful number. The most exclusive is when all seven digits of the number are the same 2222222 or 8888888, the cost of such banknotes is three to five thousand more than the face value. The next “most beautiful” are bills with numbers in a row 1234567 or reverse side 8765432. Their price is already lower, but still, a thousand rubles are added to the face value. So-called radars are also in demand, i.e. numbers that are read the same from left to right and right to left - 1239321 or 3451543, or in the opposite direction - radar detectors 7654567, etc. (however, we are talking here about “only” a few hundred rubles, by which the value of the banknote increases).

Banknotes with "beautiful numbers" from identical numbers. The cost is more than 3000 rubles.

But the most expensive banknotes with numbers (as everywhere else in life) are 0000001; any banknote with number 0000001 can be sold for more than 25,000 rubles. So don’t forget to check your change, maybe luck will smile on you and you’ll have a chance to improve your financial situation by simply looking into your wallet.

A banknote with a unique number 0000001. The cost of any denomination, any series is more than 25,000 rubles.

And in conclusion. Oddly enough, banknotes - “samples”, printed for official use and not intended for money circulation. In digital numbering they only have zeros. The cost of such rarities is about 40 thousand rubles.

GOOD LUCK to everyone, look more often at your wallets and piggy banks: maybe you will be lucky and there is a banknote with a rare modification, an “amazing” series or a beautiful number that you want to keep as a souvenir or sell.

Banknotes with numbers for official use that were mistakenly put into circulation. Cost 40 thousand rubles.

The design is similar to the 1997 banknote, but with the inscription "MODIFICATION 2001." and some differences when viewed under ultraviolet light. Put into circulation on January 1, 2001. In 2004, another modification was carried out with the addition of new security features and a partial change in design.

On the front side in the foreground there is a monument to Peter I in Arkhangelsk, at the top left is the number “500”. Behind the monument there is a stylized ribbon with the inscription “Arkhangelsk” (on the ribbon, when viewing the banknote at an angle, the letters “PP” are visible); in the background is an engraving depicting the Arkhangelsk port and a sailing ship, made in blue. On the left side of the central field of the bill there is a vertical colored ornament. At the bottom right is the inscription “FIVE HUNDRED RUBLES.” At the top left, on top of a circle of optically variable color, is the emblem of the Bank of Russia white(double-headed eagle with lowered wings, under it is a semicircular inscription “BANK OF RUSSIA”). At the top of the bill on the right is the inscription - "TICKET OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA". On each side of the central rectangle there are two coupon fields with watermarks. On the left field (smaller in size) in the middle, the series and number of the banknote are indicated in red paint, below - in silver paint the number “500”, on top of which there is a five-line inscription - “COUNTERFEITING BANK OF RUSSIA TICKETS IS PROSECUTED BY LAW”, next to the inscription the denomination is indicated with signs for the visually impaired, next to which have a vertical inscription in small print - “MODIFICATION 2001.” On the right margin (larger) at the top under the inscription in green paint the series and number of the banknote are repeated; at the bottom there is a silver rosette with three numbers “500” (the middle one is larger). All foreground images and inscriptions are in purple.

On the reverse side in the center there is a blue-violet engraving with the image of the Solovetsky Monastery (view from the 90s), above it there are 17 horizontal stripes with microtext across the entire width of the bill. On the right, on top of the vertical multi-colored ornament, is the number “500”, below it are 4 double horizontal stripes with repeated microtext - “CBR 500”. On the sides of the bill there are two coupon fields, colored in the middle geometric pattern. In the upper parts of the side fields there are patterned frames with the numbers “500”, at the bottom of the left field the denomination is indicated in words - “FIVE HUNDRED RUBLES” (the second word appears on the middle colored part of the bill). At the bottom of the right margin, the year of the sample is “1997”. All foreground inscriptions are in purple.

The paper has a black vertical security thread with the repeating text "CBR 500", alternating with the same, but in an inverted display. When viewing a banknote against light, the pattern on the front side is complemented by the pattern on the back side. In the infrared range, on the front side on the left you can see the emblem of the Bank of Russia, the number “500” at the bottom, signs for the visually impaired, part of a ribbon, a circle of vertical ornament, on the right you can see a rosette with the number “500” and the inscription “TICKET OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA”. At ultraviolet radiation The protective colored fibers of the paper, the ornament and part of the engraving on the reverse side, the security thread and the number “500” at the bottom left of the front side are brightly illuminated.

Demonstration copies, which were not released into circulation, contain perforation “SAMPLE”, made horizontally, and two overprints on the back (done diagonally in red paint). Number 0000000 or any other, PP series or other. They were printed like regular banknotes (on paper with watermarks, on both sides).

The design repeats the 1997 banknote, but differs in the inscription “MODIFICATION 2004”, the presence of a diving thread instead of a glued one, the presence of moiré stripes on the front side pattern, the number “500” made by microperforation and gray denomination instead of silver. It was put into circulation on August 16, 2004. In 2010-2011, modernization was carried out with a significant change in the design and the addition of new protective features.

On the front side, in the foreground, there is a monument to Peter I in Arkhangelsk; at the top left, on top of a vertical ornament with moiré stripes (they change color when the angle of inclination changes), the number “500” is located. Behind the monument there is a stylized ribbon with the inscription “Arkhangelsk” (on the ribbon, when viewing the banknote at an angle, the letters “PP” are visible); in the background is an engraving depicting the Arkhangelsk port and a sailing ship, made in blue. At the bottom right is the inscription “FIVE HUNDRED RUBLES.” At the top left, on top of a circle of optically variable color, is the emblem of the Bank of Russia in white (a double-headed eagle with lowered wings, under it is a semicircular inscription “BANK OF RUSSIA”). At the top of the bill on the right is the inscription - "TICKET OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA". On each side of the central rectangle there are two coupon fields with watermarks. On the left field (smaller in size) in the middle, the series and number of the banknote are indicated in red paint, below - in silver paint the number “500”, on top of which there is a five-line inscription - “COUNTERFEITING BANK OF RUSSIA TICKETS IS PROSECUTED BY LAW”, next to the inscription the denomination is indicated with signs for the visually impaired, next to which have a vertical inscription in small print - “MODIFICATION 2004.” On the right margin (larger) at the top under the inscription in green paint the series and number of the banknote are repeated; at the bottom there is a silver rosette with three numbers “500” (the middle one is larger). All foreground images and inscriptions are in purple. On the right side of the banknote there is a micro-perforation in the form of a vertical number “500”, extending onto a white and colored background.

On the reverse side in the center there is a blue-violet engraving with the image of the Solovetsky Monastery (view from the 90s), above it there are 17 horizontal stripes with microtext across the entire width of the bill. On the right, on top of the vertical multi-colored ornament, is the number “500”, below it are 4 double horizontal stripes with repeated microtext - “CBR 500”. On the sides of the bill there are two coupon fields, painted in the middle with a colored geometric pattern. In the upper parts of the side fields there are patterned frames with the numbers “500”, at the bottom of the left field the denomination is indicated in words - “FIVE HUNDRED RUBLES” (the second word appears on the middle colored part of the bill). At the bottom of the right margin, the year of the sample is “1997”. All foreground inscriptions are in purple.

The paper has a silver vertical security thread that partially protrudes from the reverse side. When viewing a banknote against light, the pattern on the front side is complemented by the pattern on the back side. In the infrared range, on the front side on the left you can see the emblem of the Bank of Russia, the number “500” at the bottom, signs for the visually impaired, part of a ribbon, a circle of vertical ornament, on the right you can see a rosette with the number “500” and the inscription “TICKET OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA”. Ultraviolet radiation brightly illuminates the protective colored fibers of the paper, the ornament and part of the engraving on the reverse side.

There are two types of paper for 500-ruble bills of this modification. The first type of paper is more porous, non-glossy, and resembles fine mesh fabric. The second type of paper is smoother, with a low shine. Probably the reason is the application of a special wear-resistant coating.

Demonstration copies, which were not released into circulation, contain perforation “SAMPLE”, made horizontally, and two overprints on the back (done diagonally in red paint). Number 0000000, PP series or other. They were printed like regular banknotes (on paper with watermarks, on both sides).

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