In 2017 there will be bills 200 and 2000 rubles from the coat of arms in Russia

Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina

On the new banknotes in denominations of 200 and 2000 rubles Russian emblem will be displayed instead of symbols of the Central Bank, said the head of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina.



"On the new banknotes, but (is the Russian coat of arms)," - said Nabiullina, the question of whether to have the emblem or symbol of the Bank of Russia will be.

On existing bills in the upper left corner of the Emblem of the Bank of Russia. The logo consists of a two-headed eagle with a semicircular inscription under it. This inscription "Bank of Russia" first appeared in 1992 in an environment where there was no state symbols of the Russian Federation. She is the main difference from the coat of arms emblem of the Central Bank of the interim government, executed in 1917 by the famous Russian artist Ivan Bilibin.

Eagle on modern Russian coat of arms by the artist Eugene Ukhnalev, has significant differences. Eagle Wings is not lowered as the emblem of the interim government and the symbol of the Bank of Russia, and raised. The right paw an eagle - a scepter in his left - power. In the center of the body of an eagle placed George. And the eagle's head crowned with two small crowns and a large crown, coupled with tape.

Russian coat of arms appeared on the coins of the Bank of Russia, instead of the symbol in 2016. Prior to that, the coat of arms of the Russian Federation has been used for commemorative coins dedicated to the Olympic Games in Sochi.