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1 Rouble
| Issuer | Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR (Vneshtorgbank) |
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| Year | 1978-1980 |
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| Currency | Sixth Rouble (1961-1991) |
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| Obverse description | Light green guilloche underprint fills the note. Principal text at centre left declares payment of one rouble by Vneshtorgbank USSR, with the bank name in bold below two manuscript signatures. Denomination numeral and "РУБЛЬ" appear at upper right within a guilloche panel, series letter and serial number at lower right, with an anchor vignette beneath. |
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| Obverse lettering | Отрезной чек Банка для внешней торговли СССР (выпуск 1978 года) По этому чеку Внешторгбанк СССР выплатит один рубль. БАНК ДЛЯ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ СССР Настоящий чек предназначается для расчета за товары в специальных магазинах „Торгмортранс”. 1 РУБЛЬ Серия А В № |
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Vneshtorgbank's certificate roubles — of which this is the lowest denomination — were not general circulation currency. They formed part of a closed parallel system introduced to manage hard-currency earnings by Soviet citizens working abroad or receiving foreign remittances. The certificates circulated exclusively in Beryozka stores, a network of retail outlets where imported goods and otherwise unobtainable domestic products could be purchased by those with access to foreign exchange.
The 1978–1980 series replaced an earlier Vneshposyltorg system that had used color-coded certificates distinguishing currency sources by country of origin. That distinction was quietly dropped, a bureaucratic simplification with real consequences for how the Soviet state tracked hard-currency flows at the retail level.