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1 Kopeck Foreign Exchange Certificate
| Issuer | Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR (Vneshtorgbank) |
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| Year | 1965-1980 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | ОТРЕЗНОЙ ЧЕК БАНКА ДЛЯ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ СССР (ВЫПУСК 1979 ГОДА) По этому чеку Внешторгбанк СССР выплатит ОДНУ копейку. БАНК ДЛЯ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ СССР Чек предназначен для расчетов в магазинах в/о „Внешпосылторг”. Передача чека в собственность другим лицам запрещена. Серия Д |
| Reverse description | Unprinted plain white reverse with bleed-through impression of the obverse text visible in mirror image, and the serial number showing through in reverse at lower right. A punch-hole cancellation is present at left centre. |
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Vneshtorgbank's Foreign Exchange Certificates were a parallel currency — a controlled mechanism allowing the Soviet state to capture hard currency from foreigners, diplomats, and Soviet citizens with approved access to valuta, while keeping those funds strictly segregated from the ruble economy. The 1-kopeck denomination is the smallest in the series and was effectively a token denomination, useful mainly for making change within the closed network of Beryozka shops where Western goods were sold exclusively for certificates.
Two distinct series exist within the 1965–1980 span: an earlier yellow-coded issue for general foreign visitors and a later series differentiated by color to indicate the currency source — a granular distinction that mattered legally inside the USSR and makes the sub-series genuinely collectible today.