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1 Kopeck
| Issuer | Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR (Vneshtorgbank) |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Size | 105 x 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Violet letterpress on pale cream paper; the left portion carries the Vneshtorgbank monogram as a large guilloche underprint at centre, with Cyrillic text above and below and two manuscript signatures. The right stub panel bears the numeral '1' within a rosette guilloche border above the denomination legend, with series letter below. No serial number present. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse in pale cream, showing faint bleed-through of the obverse guilloche underprint and text. The perforated right edge is visible, consistent with the stub detachment format of this exchange certificate series. |
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Vneshtorgbank's internal currency certificates — of which this 1 kopeck is the smallest denomination — were not intended for Soviet citizens in any ordinary sense. They were issued to foreign workers, diplomats, and Soviet nationals returning from postings abroad, giving them access to Beryozka hard-currency shops that were entirely off-limits to ruble holders. The system was a controlled valve for foreign exchange, keeping convertible goods away from the general population while extracting hard currency from those who had it.
The 1964 series carries no series letter designation, distinguishing it from later issues that used colored strips to indicate the originating currency zone.