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100 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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| Value | 100 Roubles (100 SUR) |
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| Obverse lettering | Дорожный чек № 5288501 (расписка владельца при оплате чека) (место и дата выдачи) Государственный Банк СССР и уполномоченные им учреждения выплатят на территории СССР по этому чеку СТО РУБЛЕЙ. 100 РУБЛЕЙ Действителен в течение 6 месяцев со дня выдачи ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ БАНК СССР (образец подписи владельца чека) (Translation: Travelers check № 5288501 (owner's receipt when paying a check) (place and date of issue) State Bank of the USSR and the institutions authorized by him will pay on this check in the territory of the USSR ONE HUNDRED RUBLES. 100 RUBLES Valid for 6 months from the date of issue STATE BANK OF THE USSR (sample signature of the check holder)) |
| Reverse description | Plain cream ground printed in dark ink with the redemption notice rendered in eleven languages arranged in vertical columns: Albanian, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Hungarian, German, Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, Polish, Romanian, and Czech. No vignette or ornamental underprint; the text-only layout reflects the purely functional character of the reverse. |
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Soviet Intourist travelers cheques in rubles occupy an odd niche: technically issued by Gosbank, they were instruments designed almost exclusively for foreign visitors exchanging hard currency, not for Soviet citizens who had no legal access to them. The 1961 series coincided with the broader ruble redenomination of that year — one new ruble for ten old — which reset the entire currency infrastructure and prompted fresh printing of all related instruments, cheques included.
Redemption was only possible at authorized Intourist points, and unspent cheques were theoretically required to be converted back before departure. In practice, many left the country as souvenirs, which is the principal reason survivorship rates are higher than the actual circulation numbers would suggest.