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10 Roubles Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant
| Issuer | OAO Nizhegorodsky Aviastroitelny Zavod Sokol (Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant Sokol) |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1998-date) |
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| Obverse description | Pink-toned polymer note with a central photographic vignette of the Polikarpov I-16 fighter aircraft in flight, dated 1934, enclosed within a rectangular frame. To the left, bold Cyrillic inscriptions record the aircraft designation 'И-16' and the anniversary legend '75 ЛЕТ ОАО НАЗ СОКОЛ 1932–2007'; to the right, an oval guilloche cartouche carries the denomination '10 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ', with the coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod and a serial number in the right margin. The lower register presents two ornate scroll banderoles bearing the denomination legend flanking a central numeral '10'. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЮБИЛЕЙНЫЙ ВЫПУСК К 75-ЛЕТИЮ ОАО «НИЖЕГОРОДСКИЙ АВИАСТРОИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЗАВОД «СОКОЛ» САМОЛЕТ ПОЛУЧИЛ БОЕВОЕ КРЕЩЕНИЕ В 1936 ГОДУ В ИСПАНИИ И-16 75 ЛЕТ ОАО «НАЗ «СОКОЛ» 1932-2007 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ 10 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ (Translation: ANNIVERSARY ISSUE FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF JSC NIZHNY NOVGOROD AIRCRAFT PLANT SOKOL THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ITS BAPTISM OF FIRE IN 1936 IN SPAIN I-16 75 YEARS JSC NAZ SOKOL 1932-2007 AVIATION ROUBLES 10 AVIATION ROUBLES) |
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Russian industrial enterprises briefly issued their own scrip tokens — known colloquially as "korporativnye den'gi" — during the mid-2000s, a phenomenon with roots in the wage arrears crisis of the 1990s when many factories paid workers in goods or internal vouchers rather than cash. By 2007 the macroeconomic situation had stabilized, so this note from Sokol is less a survival mechanism than a promotional or commemorative gesture, likely issued for an anniversary or internal event rather than genuine wage settlement.
Polymer substrate for a scrip note of this kind is unusual — most Russian enterprise issues of the period used standard paper. It suggests a purpose beyond everyday internal commerce.