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10 Rubles 1961 State Bank of the USSR Travelers cheque
| Issuer | State Bank of the USSR (Gosbank) |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue on light yellow paper with a repeated guilloche underprint bearing the text «ГОСБАНКСССР». The year 1961 appears at the bottom centre within a decorative border, flanked by corner numerals «10». At right, an ornate teal diamond-shaped vignette contains the denomination «10 РУБЛЕЙ». The Gosbank monogram cypher appears at left, with two manuscript facsimile signatures below the issuer's name. |
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| Reverse lettering | Me këtë çek Banka e Shtetit të B.R.S.S. dhe institucionet e saja të autorizuara paguajnë në territorin e B.R.S.S. DHJETË rubla. I vlefshëm 6 muaj nga data e lëshimit. По този чек Държавната банка и упълномощените от нея учреждения ще изплатят на територията на СССР ДЕСЕТ рубли. В сила в течение на 6 месеца от деня на издаването. Theo séc này Ngân-hàng nhà-nước và các co-quan được Ngân-hàng nhà-nước ủy-nhiệm trả tại lãnh-thổ liên-xô MƯỜI rúp. Có hiệu-lực trong thời-gian sáu tháng kể từ ngày phát-hành. Ezen csekkre a Szovjetunió Állami Bankja és az általa felhatalmazott intézetek a Szovjetunió területén belül TIZ rubelt. Érvényes a kiállítás napjától számított 6 hónapig. Gegen diesen vom Inhaber unterschriebenen Scheck zahlt die Staatsbank oder die von ihr ermächtigten Institute auf dem Gebiet der UdSSR ZEHN Rubel. Gültig 6 Monate, gerechnet vom Tag der Ausstellung. 苏联国家銀行及其受託机关在苏联境内凭此支票支付購票人壹拾卢布 签发日起六个月内有效 본 행포에 대하여서는 쏘련 경내에서 국립은행이나 혹은 그가 권한을 위임한 기관이 금 십 루블리를 지불한다. 본 행포는 발행일로부터 륙 개월간 유효함 Энэ чекээр СССР-ийн нутаг дэвсгэр дээр Улсын банк ба түүний байгууллагуудаас АРВ рублийг төлнэ. Олгосон өдрөөс 6 сарын дотор хүчинтэй. Za okazaniem niniejszego czeku Państwowy Bank ZSRR wzgl. upoważnione przez niego instytucje wypłacą na obszarze ZSRR DZIESIĘĆ rubli. Ważny w ciągu 6 miesięcy od daty wydania. In baza acestui cec, Banca de Stat și instituțiunile împuternicite de aceasta vor plăti pe teritoriul URSS suma de ruble ZECE. Valabil 6 luni de la data emiterii. Na tento šek vyplatí Státní banka a jí pověřená místa na území SS. DESET rublů. Platí po dobu 6 měsíců ode dne vystavení. |
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Soviet Intourist travelers cheques in rubles occupy an odd corner of Soviet monetary history. Gosbank issued these not for Soviet citizens — who had no legal mechanism to spend them — but for foreign visitors converting hard currency through Intourist, the state travel agency that held a monopoly on inbound tourism. The ruble was non-convertible and could not be taken out of the country, so these cheques functioned as a controlled spending instrument, keeping tourist expenditure within designated Intourist hotels, restaurants, and Beriozka foreign-currency shops.
Unused examples are common; fully countersigned ones, showing actual use by a tourist, are considerably harder to find.