Two hundred rubles ( 200 rubles ) is the denomination of banknotes and coins produced in the Russian Empire , the USSR and some post-Soviet countries, in particular, in Russia in 1991-1993 and since 2017 [1] .
Banknotes of the sample of 1992 of the USSR were also issued by the Bank of Russia , but they continued to be called tickets of the State Bank of the USSR.
Content
Characteristics of Banknotes
| Picture | Dimensions (mm) | Main colors | Description | date output | date cancellations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front side | Downside | Front side | Downside | Watermark | ||||
| 144 × 71 | Light green | The inscription "Ticket of the State Bank of the USSR ", a portrait of V. I. Lenin in profile, the emblem of the USSR , face value in numbers and words | Palace of Congresses , Troitskaya Tower | V.I. Lenin | October 30, 1991 | July 26, 1993 | ||
| Five-pointed stars and wavy stripes | July 1, 1992 | |||||||
| 130 × 57 | Pink | The Senate Tower of the Moscow Kremlin and the Russian flag on the dome of the Senate building | Troitskaya and Kutafya towers of the Moscow Kremlin | January 25, 1993 | January 1, 1999 | |||
| 150 × 65 | Green | Monument to the Scuttled Ships | Tauric Chersonesos | "200" Monument to the Scuttled Ships | October 12, 2017 | in circulation | ||
Introduction of banknotes in 1991
The 200 ruble bill was put into circulation in the USSR in the fall of 1991. During this period, Yegor Gaidar , seeing the inevitability of a serious inflation surge after the liberalization of prices planned for the beginning of 1992, sought to prepare for the need for additional money supply. He invited the general director of Goznak Leonid Alekseev for a meeting and instructed him to prepare banknotes with face values of 200 and 500 rubles. Having accepted the instructions of Gaidar for execution, Alekseev soon faced opposition from the Supreme Council in the person of its chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov , who demanded that such issues be resolved at his level [2] .
The process of issuing new banknotes was apparently slowed down. But in circulation they nevertheless appeared. And in January 1992, after a sharp inflation jump, even in the discussions in the Supreme Council it was no longer a question of issuing banknotes of 200 or 500 rubles, but of banknotes of 1000 and 10 000 rubles [3] .
Introduction of banknotes in 2017
On April 12, 2016, the Bank of Russia announced the introduction into circulation of new banknotes with a face value of 200 rubles. The text of the statement stated that the appearance of these banknotes will simplify monetary operations and will not affect the total amount of money in circulation. New banknotes will be introduced due to the withdrawal of old ones. The Central Bank stressed that the adoption of this decision is due to the planned reduction of inflation to 4-6% by the end of 2016.
From June to October 2016, a nationwide competition was held to determine the symbol of new banknotes, which was won by the Monument to the flooded ships in Sevastopol and the view of Tauride Chersonesos [4] [5] . The presentation of banknotes took place on October 12, 2017, on the same day they were put into circulation [6] .
When creating banknotes issued in 2017 in 200 rubles and 2000 rubles , the font was Segoe Ui from Microsoft [7] . A banknote of 200 rubles has a lacquer coating [8] .
Since October 17, 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine has prohibited operations with this banknote in banks, other financial institutions and post offices in Ukraine . This prohibition also applies to a commemorative banknote with a face value of 100 rubles issued in 2015, dedicated to the admission of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the formation of Sevastopol’s Republic of Crimea and the federal city in the Russian Federation, as well as Bank of Russia commemorative coins dedicated to the Crimea and Sevastopol [9] [10] [11] .
Commemorative coins
Silver
The Bank of Russia began issuing silver commemorative coins in denominations of 200 rubles on November 22, 1997. The first coin of this denomination was a coin in honor of the 275th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Mint . As of April 2018, a total of 7 types of coins were issued, 2 of the 900-sample silver were “ proof ” quality, 5 - 925-th sample, minted with “ proof-like ” quality and contain at least 3000 grams of pure metal [12] . Until 2012 - the largest denomination of Russian silver commemorative coins.
| Images | Diameter (mm) | Descriptions | Year output | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | ||
| 130 [13] | In the center of the disk is the emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle of the artist I. Bilibin, under it is a semicircle “BANK OF RUSSIA”), framed in a circle of dots and inscriptions in a circle: at the top - “TWO RUBLES”, at the bottom - “1999 (2003) g” , on the left - the designation of the metal, the alloy sample, on the right - the mint trademark, the content of the precious metal in purity, under it - the ordinal number of the coin. | Coins of this type are issued in the framework of the memorial programs of the Bank of Russia with various patterns of reverse. | 1999 2003 | ||
| | | 130 [14] [15] | In the center of the disk is the emblem of the Bank of Russia (a double-headed eagle with wings lowered, under it is an inscription in a semicircle “BANK OF RUSSIA”), framed in a circle of dots and inscriptions in a circle: at the top - “TWO RUBLES”, at the bottom - “20 ** g.” on the left - the designation of the metal, the alloy sample, on the right - the mint's trademark, the content of the precious metal in purity, under it - the sign of the serial number of the coin "No. __". | 2006 2009 2010 | |
| 130 [16] | In the center of the disk there is a relief image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, above it along the edge - an inscription in a semicircle: “RUSSIAN FEDERATION”, below the emblem in two lines: on the left - metal designations according to the Periodic Table of Elements D. I. Mendeleev, alloy samples and the serial number Coins No. ____, to the right - the designation of the content of a chemically pure metal and the mint trademark, at the bottom center in two lines - the denomination of the coin: “200 RUBLES” and the year of the Olympiad: “2014”. | 2013 | |||
| 130 [17] | In the center of the disk there is a relief image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, above it along the edge - a semicircular inscription: “RUSSIAN FEDERATION”, framed on both sides with double diamonds, below the emblem in two lines: on the left - metal markings, alloy samples and the serial number of the coin No. ____, on the right - the designation of the content of a chemically pure metal and the mint's trademark, at the bottom in the center in three lines - the inscription: “BANK OF RUSSIA”, the denomination of the coin: “200 RUBLES”, year of release: “2016”. | 2016 | |||
Of gold
The Bank of Russia began issuing gold commemorative coins in denominations of 200 rubles on December 2, 1993. The first coin of this denomination was a coin from the series “Save our world: Brown Bear”. As of April 2018, a total of 32 types of coins were issued, all of 999 quality gold “proof” quality; contain at least 31.1 grams (one troy ounce ) of pure metal. Most (15 species) were released in 2010 and 2011 as part of the Winter Sports series [12]
| Images | Diameter (mm) | Description | Year output | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | ||
| 33 [18] | In the center of the disk is the emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle of the artist I. Bilibin), under it: on the left is the metal designation, alloy sample, in the center is the mint's trademark, on the right is the content of the precious metal in purity. On the circumference of the inscription, framed by a circle of dots: at the top - “200 RUBLES 199 * g.”, At the bottom - “BANK OF RUSSIA”. | Coins of this type are issued in the framework of the memorial programs of the Bank of Russia with various patterns of reverse. | from 1993 to 1997 | ||
| | | 33 [19] | In the center is the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle with wings lowered, under it is an inscription in a semicircle “BANK OF RUSSIA”), framed in a circle of dots and inscriptions in a circle - above: “TWO RUBLES”, below: on the left - symbols of precious metal and alloy samples , in the center - the release date of "20 ** g." | from 2000 to 2015 | |
| From 2016, in the center of the disk of all coins made of precious metals is a relief image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation. Gold coins in denominations of 200 rubles with this type of obverse have not yet been issued. | |||||
Trial coins of the USSR from gold, silver and platinum
In 1981, it was planned to issue a commemorative coin with a nominal value of 200 rubles of the “Extreme North of the USSR” series [1] , on the instructions of the State Bank of the USSR, the Leningrad Mint produced a trial commemorative coin with a nominal value of 200 rubles with the image of a white bear from gold [20] , silver [21] and platinum [22] . In 1990, it was planned to issue a gold commemorative coin of the series “Mikhail Gorbachev. Restructuring. Publicity ", but also ended with trial coins [1] .
None of the variants of the coin of 200 rubles in the USSR was launched into serial production.
Judging by the weight of test coins, a serial coin with a nominal value of 200 rubles was supposed to be made of platinum (known copies of a trial platinum coin with a nominal value of 200 rubles weigh about 21.4 grams (approximately 0.7 troy ounces ), which roughly corresponds to the coin foot of serial commemorative coins of platinum ( about 300 rubles from platinum ounces , a serial coin of 150 rubles - 15.67 grams (about 0.5 troy ounces )).
Banknote Gallery
Belarusian 200 rubles (1992)
Belarusian 200 rubles (2016)
Transnistrian 200 rubles, obverse (1993)
Transnistrian 200 rubles, reverse (1993)