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10 Roubles - Military Trade Cheque
| Issuer | Vneshtorgbank (Всесоюзное Объединение «Внешпосылторг») |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Light blue and red-brown with multicolour guilloche underprint. A large red ornamental rosette vignette at left carries the numeral '10'; the Внешпосылторг globe-and-wheat logo appears at upper right with serial number. Red horizontal bands frame the top and bottom borders, each bearing the legend СПЕЦИАЛЬНЫЙ. ДЛЯ ВОЕННОЙ ТОРГОВЛИ. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЧЕК ПЕРЕПРОДАЖЕ НЕ ПОДЛЕЖИТ |
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Vneshtorgbank's military trade cheques were a parallel currency system designed to let Soviet military and civilian personnel stationed abroad spend their foreign-currency earnings domestically without ever holding hard currency themselves. Earnings were converted into these cheques, which could only be redeemed at Voenторг stores — military trading outlets selling imported and otherwise unavailable consumer goods. The system kept foreign exchange firmly inside state hands.
The 1976 series replaced an earlier issue and introduced a stricter serial numbering format intended to limit counterfeiting and unauthorized duplication within the closed distribution network. These were never legal tender in any conventional sense.