Crimea: banknote of 100 rubles. Photo of the new hundred-ruble banknote

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

On December 23, 2015, a new paper banknote was put into circulation, which depicts the Crimean peninsula. The denomination dedicated to his accession has a limited circulation and is commemorative. Its unusual design attracts the interest of collectors and collectors of rare banknotes. Specialists have been working on the creation of banknotes for more than a year. Each side is filled with equivalent information, that is, any of them can be considered the main one.

Hundred-ruble bill "Crimea"

One side of the bill fragmentarily shows the painting by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky "Russian squadron in the Sevastopol roadstead", namely the image of the monument to sunken ships in the bay of Sevastopol. This side is dedicated to Sevastopol.

On the other side is a castle called "Swallow's Nest", which is a symbol of the entire Crimea. This side of the banknote is dedicated to the peninsula itself. At the bottom of the banknote, under the illustration depicting the Swallow's Nest, there is a QR code that contains a link to the official website of the Bank of Russia. This electronic resource has an informational historical article where you can learn something useful and new that is of interest to every owner of a banknote withdepicting Crimea.

Key Features

The official date of putting the banknote into circulation is December 23, 2015. The total circulation of issued banknotes is twenty million copies, which cannot be called a large number, but also small. Paper banknote size parameters: 150 millimeters long and 65 millimeters wide.

It is worth noting that, in addition to paper banknotes, there are metal coins dedicated to Crimea.

Despite the rather small circulation of printed banknotes, the new 100-ruble note "Crimea" quickly spread throughout the country and settled in the hands of collectors and bonists. Therefore, just a few months after its introduction into circulation, the one hundred-ruble bill "Crimea" became so rare that now it is almost impossible to find it in simple use.

Banknote description

Tinted light yellow cotton paper is the material from which 100 rubles "Krym" are made. The bill has images on both sides: on one side there is an illustration dedicated to the Crimea, on the other - to Sevastopol.

A rather voluminous security thread is placed inside the paper, which appears outside only at the end of the figured form on the "Sevastopol" side of the banknote. At the top of the bill, on a light background, there is a watermark that has many combined color tones.

Appearance of the side dedicated to Crimea

As already mentionedabove, on the side intended for the Crimea, the architectural symbol of the peninsula flaunts - the castle, which has the name "Swallow's Nest". The second plan depicts a rock called Sail and a mountain called Ayu-Dag. We also see the contour outlines of the Great Khan's Mosque, located in the Khan's palace in the city of Bakhchisarai.

At the bottom of the banknote there is an illustration of the RT-70 radio telescope, and along the right and left edges of the banknote there is a contour drawing of a vine. The color that prevails in the decoration of the banknote is green with an olive tint.

Appearance of the side dedicated to Sevastopol

The main image, located on the Sevastopol side of the banknote, is a monument dedicated to sunken ships in the bay. The second plan is reserved for a fragmentary image of a part of the painting by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky "Russian squadron on the Sevastopol roadstead". Also on this side there is a schematic plan of the city and contour illustrations of the historical and architectural heritage of Sevastopol.

The famous Memorial of the Heroic Defense of Sevastopol 1941-1942 is partially shown at the very bottom of the banknote

The new 100-ruble bill "Crimea": a brief historical background

On the banknote there is an image of the Great Empress Catherine II, under which Russia gained a foothold on the Black Sea and in 1783 brought Crimea into the Russian Empire. The bill bears the image of this ruler of the Russian Empire also because in 1784 she ordered the foundationon the peninsula of the Sevastopol fortress. The design of the watermark was taken from the profile portrait of Catherine II by the famous Danish artist Virgilius Eriksen. Today this painting is in the State Hermitage.

The Monument to the Scuttled Ships, depicted on the banknote, is located in the sea bay of Sevastopol and is dedicated to the ships sunk during the battles of the Crimean War, which went on a raid in 1854-1855. The monument was erected by sculptor Adamson, architect Feldman and military engineer Enberg in 1905 in honor of the half-century anniversary of the first defense of Sevastopol.

Castle "Swallow's Nest" is an architectural symbol of the entire peninsula of Crimea. The banknote of 100 rubles demonstrates it in the foreground. The castle itself was built on the spur of Monastery-Burun at the beginning of the 20th century. The exterior of the castle was designed by engineer and sculptor Sherwood.

The RT-70 radio telescope is one of the largest radio telescopes on the planet. Its diameter is approximately seventy meters. This miracle of science has been located in the suburbs of Evpatoria since 1978. It is primarily intended for passive observation of the radiation produced by cosmic bodies. However, it is capable of performing a number of other tasks that allow important astronomical, space observations and experimental work to be carried out.

The Great Khan's Mosque is outlined on a commemorative banknote of 100 rubles "Crimea". The banknote has this image because the mosque is the first buildingKhan's Palace and one of the largest Muslim buildings on the peninsula. In the 17th century, it was named after Sahib I Geraem, who built this building in 1532. Two pointed minarets with ten sides each adjoin the mosque. They are decorated with bronze crescents and are almost 30 meters high.

Conclusion

The accession of the Crimean peninsula to the Russian Federation has a very important historical, political and economic significance. Almost immediately after his return to our country, this event was marked by the issuance of commemorative banknotes.

The "Crimea" banknote, the photo of which is presented below, is not the only and not the first attempt to perpetuate this significant event by issuing money dedicated to it.

In the autumn of 2014, 2 types of coins were minted in denominations of 10 rubles, which depicted Crimea and Sevastopol. The mintage of both coins was ten million.

Printing one hundred-ruble banknotes with the same theme is already the second case of issuing commemorative banknotes dedicated to the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. Like coins, paper banknotes very quickly went to the hands of collectors and collectors of rare banknotes.