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50 Rubļu
| Issuer | Latvijas Banka (Bank of Latvia) |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Second Rouble (1992-1993) |
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| Obverse description | Typographic design printed in teal and pink on a white ground, with an overall guilloche underprint of chevron and wave patterns. At centre, a large ornate vignette carries the arched legend "PIECDESMIT" above the bold numeral "50" and the inscription "LATVIJAS RUBĻU" below, flanked by two additional "50" numerals at lower left and upper right. To the left, a cartouche bears the text "LATVIJAS BANKAS PAGAIDU NAUDAS ZĪME 1992"; at lower centre, title inscriptions for the President and Chief Cashier of the Bank of Latvia appear alongside their manuscript signatures, with a serial number at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | LATVIJAS BANKAS PAGAIDU NAUDAS ZĪME 1992 PIECDESMIT LATVIJAS RUBĻU (Translation: Temporary banknotes of the Bank of Latvia Fifty Latvian Roubles) |
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Latvia's 1992 banknote series was produced under genuine urgency. The country had restored independence in August 1991 and needed a functioning currency before it could fully exit the Soviet ruble zone — the Latvian ruble (rublis) was introduced as a transitional currency in May 1992, specifically to give the central bank time to prepare the permanent lats series without leaving the economy exposed. Giesecke & Devrient, the Munich printer with deep roots in Eastern European transitional currency work, handled the production.
Kirils Šmeļkovs designed the full rublis series. The permanent lats replaced these notes beginning in 1993, rendering the rublis short-lived by design.