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10 Kopecks
| Issuer | Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR (Vneshtorgbank) |
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| Year | 1977-1980 |
| Type | Exchange certificates |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of cruise ship Shota Rustaveli at lower centre against a plain ground, with denomination numeral '10' and Cyrillic legend at upper right within a guilloche border panel. Two manuscript signatures appear above the serial number prefix to the left of the ship. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed in pale ochre-yellow, showing a ghost impression of the obverse text and ship vignette visible as a light underprint across the plain unprinted surface, with the serial number showing through in mirror image at lower left. |
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Vneshtorgbank's certificate series, of which this 10 kopeck denomination is part, was never intended for use by Soviet citizens in ordinary commerce. The certificates were issued specifically to foreign nationals — tourists, diplomats, and trade delegations — as a mechanism for controlling hard currency inflows while preventing direct access to foreign exchange. A parallel internal economy of Beriozka stores accepted these notes and nothing else, stocking goods unavailable in standard state shops.
Two sub-series exist: one with a yellow stripe on the reverse for convertible currencies, one without for so-called "socialist" currencies. The distinction determined exactly where and what the holder could purchase.