FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - EUROPE: Russia
Russia pick 10b: 5 Rubles from 1912
(1912-1917). Blue-black on blue and multicolor underprint. Eagle at top center. Vertical format. Full serial number . Back: Dark gray on blue and multicolor underprint. Watermark: Value.
Collectors Comment: rev.: lion
Russia pick 11c: 10 Rubles from 1912
(1912-1917). Deep olive-green on green and red underprint. Imperial eagle at top center, produce at left and right. Vertical format. Watermark: Value.
Collectors Comment: rev.: lions
Russia pick 13b: 100 Rubles from 1912
(1912-1917). Dark brown on light brown and multicolor underprint. Back: Allegorical man with sword, Catherine II at left. Watermark: Value.
Collectors Comment: rev.: lion
Russia pick 14b: 500 Rubles from 1912
(1912-1917). Black on green and multicolor underprint. Back: Peter I at left. Watermark: Value.
Collectors Comment: rev.: lion
Russia pick 267: 5 Rubles from 1997
1997 (1998). Deep blue-green and dark olive-green on multicolor underprint. Monument of the Russian Millennium in Novgorod at left center. Cathedral of St. Sophia at center. Back: Old towered city wall at upper left center. Watermark: Cathedral of St. Sophia.
Collectors Comment: 2022 issue; rev.: snake (private made)
Russia pick 270c: 100 Rubles from 2004
2004. Violet and brown on multicolor underprint. Apollo and chariot freize on Bolshol (Great) Theatre in Moscow at center. Back: Bolshol Theatre. Watermark: building over value. UV: fibers fluoresce red and yellow. 150x65mm. Segmented security thread right center on back.
Collectors Comment: obv.: horses
Russia pick 274a: 100 Rubles from 2014
2014. Vertical format. Serial number prefix "AA". Blue, purple, green and orange on multicolored underprint. Snowboarder, mountains, olympic venues in Sochi. Back: Fischt Stadium in Sochi, skier, ski jumper, skaters, hockey player, curler, bobsled team. Printer: Goznak.
Collectors Comment: rev.: bird
Russia pick 276: 200 Rubles from 2017
2017 (12.10.2017). Green on multicolored underprint. Coat of arms of the Russian Federation at top left on face. Front of the banknote features the "Monument to Sunken Ships" in Sevastopol, and a QR code at the bottom right which leads to the website of the Bank of Russia. The back of the banknote features the State Museum-Preserve of Tauric Chersonese. Year of issue is in the underprint at the top right on the back.
Collectors Comment: obv.: seagulls
Russia pick 279: 2000 Rubles from 2017
2017 (12.10.2017). Blue on blue and multicolored underprint. Coat of arms of the Russian Federation at top left on face. Front of the banknote features the Russky bridge (a cable bridge in Vladivostok that connects Russky Island with the mainland), and a QR code at the bottom right which leads to the website of the Bank of Russia. The back of the banknote features the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Year of issue is in the underprint at the top right on the back.
Collectors Comment: obv.: seagull
Russia pick 281: 100 Rubles from 2022
2022. Brown on orange and multicolored underprint. Tower clock at center, other buildings in background on face. Back: soldier at center, field scene at right, with map of Russia and birds in flight at top right.
Collectors Comment: rev.: storks