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10 Kopecks
| Issuer | Vneshtorgbank (Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR) |
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| Year | 1967-1976 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Pink tint on unprinted paper with a central guilloche underprint bearing the Vneshtorgbank monogram. Denomination "10 КОПЕЕК" and series letter "А" at right, anchor vignette below. Two manuscript signatures of bank officials appear above the lower inscription panel. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse in cream-white paper, with faint show-through of the obverse text and guilloche underprint visible as a bleed-through from the face. No printed design elements are present on the reverse. |
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Vneshtorgbank issued these low-denomination certificates specifically for Soviet citizens and foreign visitors to spend at Beryozka shops — the hard-currency retail network that sold imported goods unavailable through normal Soviet commerce. The kopeck denominations existed because the system needed to make change within a closed loop; ordinary Soviet rubles were explicitly not accepted at these outlets.
The 1967 start date aligns with the fiftieth anniversary of the October Revolution, though the certificate series itself was a practical foreign-exchange control mechanism rather than a commemorative gesture. Beryozka certificates were officially non-transferable, but a black market in them flourished almost immediately.