Russian money got its modern look in 1997, when a financial reform was carried out. Although there were no significant changes to the external design of banknotes, still some innovations were introduced. For example, 3 zeros were removed from the number of notes.
Russian money: banknotes
The lowest cost bill in Russia today is ten rubles. The banknote is dedicated to the city of Krasnoyarsk. On it you can consider the river. Yenisei and a small Orthodox chapel.
Next in value is fifty-ruble. It depicts St. Petersburg, namely a part of the city with a view of the Peter and Paul Fortress and the building where the stock exchange used to be located. Then comes a denomination of 100 rubles. It flaunts the capital of the Russian Federation - Moscow.
Russian money has denominations of a larger denomination: 500 rubles, 1,000 and 5,000. The city to which the five-hundred-ruble banknote is dedicated is Arkhangelsk. On the thousandth, the glorious city of Yaroslavl is depicted, and the largest paper bill in Russia is five thousandth. It is dedicated to the city of Khabarovsk.
Russian money: coins
When did the usual coins appear to us? Russian money in the form of coins acquired a modern look in 1998. The design of coins as a whole is very similar, unlike paper bills. On the obverse of the coins the denomination is depicted, and on the reverse - the emblem of the Russian Federation and the year of issue.
However, in addition to standardized coins, which are stamped in mints in huge numbers, there are commemorative or jubilee ones with a special design and fewer copies. Such coins are often confined to any significant event, date or person.
Russian money in the form of metal coins are of the following denominations: 10 and 50 kopecks, and then one, two, five and ten rubles. More recently, coins of one and five kopecks were in use, but they went out of circulation due to uselessness.
Rare bills and coins
Most people value Russian money in terms of the means by which one or another product can be paid. According to this approach, the value of a bill or coin is equal to the face value written on it. However, there is a fairly large number of banknotes, whose value is much higher than indicated.
These include: commemorative coins and banknotes, banknotes that have collectible significance or simply rare bills. Their cost depends on their rarity, exclusivity and safety. Pricing is also influenced by many other factors, but there is no need to go into details in this article.
Among the most famous coins of interest to collectors-numismatists, one can single out jubilee ten-ruble coins, which are collected more often than others. Other coins are also commemorative, but they are issued much less often, therefore they are of interest only to those who are seriously addicted to numismatics.
An example of banknotes of interest for collecting can be called 100-ruble banknotes issued for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. These notes were issued in a very limited edition and scattered almost instantly, sinking in the hands of collectors. Now it is not possible to find such a banknote in circulation.
Collectible coins and banknotes have a greater real value than the denomination indicated on them, so such money, falling into the hands of an knowledgeable person, will never go to expense, as usual. People either leave them to themselves if they are fond of collecting rare money, or try to sell them to collectors at the most attractive price.
Conclusion
Everyone who lives in Russia knows what modern Russian money looks like. Photos of notes and coins can be seen in this article.
There are special catalogs of rare and commemorative money, where you can get complete information about a particular banknote, as well as look at pictures of this money. They can be easily found both in large bookstores, and in online stores, or download an electronic version of these publications in free access.
Russian banknotes - coins and paper banknotes are of interest to collectors not so much from Russia as from countries near and far abroad. Our compatriots from modern banknotes and coins collect mostly rare specimens.