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200 Russian Ruble

Russia 1992 1990_present VF P-P-242 AI extracted ✦ AI 92%
Front · IMG_7160.HEIC cropped
Back · IMG_7161.HEIC cropped
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Identity

Where & when

Country Russia
Currency Russian Ruble
Denomination 200
Series name State Bank of the USSR issue
Series year 1992
Issue year 1992
Era 1990_present
Legal status demonetized
Predecessor currency Soviet Ruble
Successor currency Russian Ruble (1993 reform)
Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait Vladimir Lenin
Reverse subject Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin
Watermark
Color palette #8b6f47,#90ee90,#a0522d
Themes statesman,architecture
Language / script Cyrillic

Front: Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin, the main gate tower and clock tower built in 1491 by Pietro Antonio Solari, one of the most recognizable symbols of Russia. The tower stands 71 meters tall and houses the Kremlin Clock; it has served as the official entrance to the Kremlin since the 15th century and has been featured on Soviet and Russian currency throughout the 20th century as an emblem of state power.

Back: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924), founder of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), leader of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and first head of the Soviet state. Lenin established the world's first socialist state and remained the central ideological figure of the USSR; his portrait appeared on virtually all Soviet banknotes from the 1930s until the dissolution of the USSR. The State Emblem of the USSR featuring hammer and sickle surrounded by wheat sheaves is shown at right.

Production

How it was made

Issuer State Bank of the USSR
Issuer (native) Государственного Банка СССР
Printer Goznak
Engraver
Material paper
Dimensions (mm) 150x65

Security features: microprint,intaglio

Geography

Russia in Europe

Russia in Europe. Other countries on the same continent shown in muted grey.

The story

Background & history

This 200 ruble note is from the final issue of the State Bank of the USSR, printed in 1991-1992 during the terminal crisis of the Soviet Union. The note bears the date 1992 but was issued by the 'State Bank of the USSR' (Государственного Банка СССР) even though the USSR formally dissolved on December 26, 1991. These notes continued to circulate briefly in the Russian Federation and other successor states in early 1992. The design features the traditional Soviet iconography of Lenin and the Kremlin that had appeared on USSR currency since the Stalin era. This series was rapidly demonetized during the hyperinflation of 1992-1993, replaced by new Russian Federation issues in 1993. The warning text states that counterfeiting is prosecuted by law. Serial number БГ 5447930 indicates a standard production run.

Catalogue

Collector references

Pick # P-242
Krause ID
Rarity tier common
Series range 1991-1992
Provenance

How it came to me

Acquired date
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Condition
Grade VF
Serial number БГ 5447930
Serial prefix БГ

Note shows moderate circulation wear with some soiling and edge wear visible.

Valuation

What it's worth now

$1–$5
Type default range $1–$5
Valuation history (1)
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2026-05-10 07:05:24 1.0 5.0 USD ai from claude-sonnet-4-5
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History & extractions

AI extractions (1)
anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5 2026-05-10 07:05:24
status: ok · step 1 · $0.0404 · 7399↓ + 1216↑ tokens
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