Russia announces possible themes for new banknotes
The Bank of Russia has announced the shortlist of 10 selected designs eligble to be on the new 200- and 2,000-ruble notes. For these two notes the Russian public was asked for the first time to nominate cities and regions to be portrayed on the new banknotes.
The final 10 cities/regions and the symbols representing those places are (links added by me):
- Vladimir: Golden Gates and Assumption Cathedral
- Volgograd: Motherland Calls Monument and Mamayev Kurgan
- Far East: Vostochny launching site and bridge to Russky Island
- Irkutsk: the lake of Baikal and Amur tiger
- Kazan: Kremlin and the Kazan Federal University
- Nizhny Novgorod: Kremlin and Nizhny Novgorod fair
- Petrozavodsk: open-air museum Kizhi
- Sevastopol: Monument to the Scuttled Ships and Chersonesus
- Sergiyev Posad: Trinity Lavra
- Sochi: First Olympic Stadium and Rosa-Khutor resort
The two winning themes will be announced on 7 October 2016. The new notes are expected to be issued at the end of 2017.
My personal favorites which I think would make the most interesting banknotes are the Far East (yay, space notes!) and Irkutsk themes.
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