Release of banknotes of a new denomination - an infrequent phenomenonin modern national history. However, a year ago, the media first told about the possibility of two whole banknotes to be issued - 2000 and 200 rubles. Their introduction into circulation was planned for October 2017. Let's see how relevant this statement is today, whether we should wait for the release of new bills and what they will look like.
How it all began: the statement of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation
The fact that the release of new banknotes 200 and 2000 rubles- not an ordinary newspaper duck, says a link to an official source - the Central Bank of Russia. The introduction of new media bills was reported by Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina. The need to enter money of such a nominal value comes out of the fact that today most of the financial calculations of citizens fall at intervals of 100-500 rubles and 1000-5000 rubles.
About when the banknotes of 200 and 2000 rubles come out,it was also mentioned. The head of the regulator explained that their release is advisable only in conditions when inflation in the Russian Federation will be at the level of 4-6%. The 4% indicator is planned to be reached by the end of 2017 - that is, by the promised October. E. Nabiullina assured citizens that the issue of new banknotes will not affect the state budget, and will not aggravate the level of inflation and will not affect the total money supply in the country.
Главный экономист БКС В.Tikhomirov believes that the introduction of new denomination bills will even help the Central Bank to save on the issue of new bills - they will have to be printed in much smaller volume, since in the light of recent years, banknotes of 100 and 1000 rubles noticeably “feel better”.
200 or 300?
After the economic situation in ourthe country has stabilized enough, and there is a need to issue intermediate denominations. However, there was a dilemma: samples of new banknotes - 200 and 2000 rubles, or 300 and 3000 rubles? For the first version, an appeal was made to world experience - the same $ 200, 200 euro, 2000 tenge, 2 fefnya in China. For the second - a look at your own experience. Remember the Soviet 3 rubles.
But, as we see, the Central Bank still stopped at the first option. And in 2015, by the way, a commemorative coin of 3 rubles was issued specifically for the BRICS and SCO summits.
"Urban" tradition
Many of us wondering what they will look like.2000 notes and 200 rubles. The head of the Central Bank assured citizens that they would not stand out against the background of a well-established "urban" tradition - the images on the banknotes of the great cities of Russia, as well as their historical symbols. However, this time the design will be claimed not only by the developers, but by the entire population of Russia - it was up to each of us to choose which city is worthy to appear on 200 and 2000 rubles notes. It was enough to send your vote for the image you liked.
The “urban tradition” was born, as conscious conscious contemporaries of that time probably remember, in 1995:
- Vladivostok - on the banknote in 1 thousand rubles.
- Novgorod - 5 thousand rubles.
- Krasnoyarsk - 10 thousand rubles.
- St. Petersburg - 50 thousand rubles.
- Moscow - 100 thousand rubles.
After the denomination in 1997, bills of a different type were issued, but all within the framework of the previous tradition. However, Yaroslavl was depicted on the thousand-ruble banknote, and Khabarovsk - on the five thousandth.
Maybe the Crimea?
In 2014, the State Duma deputy from the LDPRAlexey Didenko sent the Central Bank of the Russian Federation the following proposal: to issue a 10,000-ruble bill in honor of the restoration of the Crimea with Russia, which was dedicated to this event with its design. And in December of the same year, the union of Crimean wine-makers again sent a proposal to the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina to issue a 200-ruble bill on the Black Sea peninsula. It was proposed to depict vineyards, clusters and vines, as well as a view of Ayu-Dag.
However, the Central Bank limited itself to the fact that in December 2015 it issued a 100-ruble commemorative note in limited edition:
- The “face” of the bill was devoted to the Crimea, or rather to its most recognizable symbol - the Swallow's Nest castle, which is on the rock of Cape Ai-Todor, not far from the village of Gaspra.
- The object of the flip side was the hero citySevastopol. The banknote shows the Monument to the Scuttled Ships, which is located in the Sevastopol Bay. It was erected in 1905 to the 50th anniversary of the first defense of the city. Then a whole fleet of sailing ships was scuttled to bar the entrance to the Sevastopol roadstead for enemy ships. In the background, many will recognize a fragment of the picture of the legendary marine painter Aivazovsky "Russian squadron on the Sevastopol roadstead".
Vladivostok 2000
Speaking about the banknotes of 200 and 2000 rubles, it is impossible notrecall the petition, laid out online in 2014 and signed by more than 6 thousand people - citizens advocated issuing a bill with the image of Vladivostok. And her face value smoothly flowed out of the famous song "Mumiy Troll" (whose homeland is this Far Eastern city) called Vladivostok-2000.
A sample of the banknote was also proposed:Manjour sailing ship, a fragment of a colonnade, funicular and Russian bridge, built in 2012 for the APEC summit from Golden Bay to Russky Island. Activists believed that the introduction of such a bill into circulation would make it possible to look at the ruble from the creative side, which, in their opinion, is so necessary for the national currency.
However, at that time money circulationfelt the need for banknotes of Russia 200 and 2000 rubles, and the existing nominal series fully satisfied all the needs of society. The introduction into circulation of such intermediate values largely depends on the level of inflation in the state. In 2014, Russia belonged to countries with a high level of this indicator, so the note line should remain within the limits of multiples of 1 and 5.
About nominal systems
The difficulty of introducing 2000 and 200 rubles notes into circulation is also indicated by the fact that there are only three types of denominations in the world:
- Multiple 1-2-5.
- Multiple 1-2,5-5.
- Multiple 1-5-10.
In 1997 in Russia after the denomination wasadopted the last scheme. It was connected with high rates of inflation. Therefore, the introduction into circulation of banknotes of 200 and 2000 rubles is also an additional complexity, since the country will have to switch to a new system of proportions of banknotes.
And what about voting?
We didn’t just tell you about Crimea,Sevastopol and Vladivostok - these are the symbols we will see on the new banknotes of 200 and 2000 rubles. This time they decided to make the choice of banknote design popular - on June 28, 2016, a three-stage vote on the choice of symbols was launched. On October 7 of the same year, the results were announced live on the Russia 1 channel.
Победители-образцы банкнот 200 и 2000 рублей - these are Sevastopol (Monument to Scuttled Ships and Tauric Chersonesos) and the Far East (Russian Bridge and Vostochny Cosmodrome). For a long time Kazan and D. Vostok were in the lead, but at the final stage the capital of Tatarstan gave way to the hero city. Final approval of the design of new banknotes, however, for the Board of Directors of the Central Bank.
What will be the new banknotes, citizens will find out very soon - by the end of 2017. This news was once again confirmed by Elvira Nabiullina.
New bills and economy
The CBR has several times assured the concernedcitizens - the release of banknotes of the new nominal will not affect the Russian economic situation, will not cause inflation and will not affect the amount of money supply - it will remain the same. The latter is achieved due to the gradual withdrawal of old notes and coins from circulation. No "special" seizures of hundred rubles and thousands of lures from the population are all the more planned.
The issue of new denominations will not beto be carried out on citizens' blood taxes — neither the printing of 200 and 2000 ruble notes, nor their introduction into circulation, nor the withdrawal of a certain amount of already unusable banknotes. The main condition for the prompt entry of bills is inflation not higher than 4% in the country. This level will be achieved by the following measures:
- Setting and keeping a high credit key rate.
- Prevention of overcharging.
- Some decrease in consumer activity.
How long to wait for them?
Meanwhile, October is close, but we do not hear about the introduction of new banknotes. With what it can be connected? Consider the reasons:
- Again, the rate of inflation. If it suddenly increased or did not decrease in size, according to plans, the introduction of new bills will be delayed.
- Approval of the final design is quite a long procedure.
- The issue of money supply is a time consuming process.
- New banknotes are not put into circulation "now and immediately" - they gradually appear in small batches in various regions of the country in exchange for banknotes that are unfit for circulation.
Резюмируя, мы найдем смелость утверждать, что banknotes of 200 and 2000 rubles will soon begin to appear in the wallets of Russians. Putting new denominations into circulation is a rarity for modern Russia. Remember when the last time a new bill appeared - 5,000 rubles. In addition, the procedure depends not only on the work of printing presses and designers. In order to start entering "Far Eastern" and "Sevastopol" banknotes into circulation, we need optimal economic conditions - in particular, this is the share of inflation.
