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2 Kopecks Foreign Exchange Certificate
| Issuer | Vneshtorgbank (Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR) |
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| Year | 1967-1975 |
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| Currency | Sixth Rouble (1961-1991) |
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| Obverse lettering | Отрезной чек Банка для внешней торговли СССР (выпуск 1967 года) По этому чеку Внешторгбанк СССР выплатит д в е копейки. БАНК ДЛЯ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ СССР Настоящий чек предназначается для расчета за товары в специальных магазинах «Торгморттранс». Серия А |
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| Protection type | Watermark-style underprint |
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Vneshtorgbank's Foreign Exchange Certificates — known informally as "cheki" — were issued in two distinct series distinguished by a colored stripe on the reverse: a yellow stripe for certificates purchased with the currencies of socialist countries, and a blue stripe for hard Western currencies. The 2 kopeck denomination is among the lowest in either series, reflecting the system's design as a closed currency mechanism for use exclusively in Beriozka shops, where Soviet citizens with access to foreign remittances could purchase otherwise unobtainable imported goods.
The 1967 introduction date coincides with a reorganization of the Beriozka network. Holders of these certificates were, by definition, persons with foreign connections — a fact the Soviet state tracked carefully.