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25 000 Roubles Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant
| Issuer | Russian Federation (1991-date) |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Cream and brown toned note with a central vignette of a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 supersonic interceptor in flight, dated 1967, set within a rectangular frame with ornate guilloche border elements. To the left, large numerals '75 ЛЕТ' mark the anniversary of the Sokol plant (1932–2007), while to the right a circular medallion carries the denomination '25000 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ'. The Nizhny Novgorod coat of arms with a stag appears in the upper right, accompanied by a printed serial number in gold. |
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| Reverse description | Cream and brown toned note with an ornate geometric guilloche border framing a central vignette of a Soviet space-communications research vessel fitted with large parabolic dish antennas, referencing the plant's production of 12- and 25-metre antenna series in 1970–71. To the right of the vignette, a portrait of I.S. Silaev, Plant Director 1970–1974 and Hero of Socialist Labour, is rendered in monochrome. The denomination '25 000 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ' runs along the lower register, and the left stub carries a disclaimer oval and the numeral '75' as a large watermark-style underprint. |
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This is a local scrip note issued by the Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant (NAZ "Sokol"), one of the factories producing the MiG series. Factory-issued vouchers of this kind emerged in Russia during the wage arrears crisis of the 1990s and persisted in some industrial enterprises well into the 2000s — workers received internal currency redeemable at the plant's own stores when the cash payroll couldn't be met. By 2007 that crisis had officially passed, which raises the question of what function this note was actually serving at that late date.
Polymer substrate on a piece this large is unusual for enterprise scrip, suggesting a deliberate investment in longevity or anti-counterfeiting — more effort than most factory tokens received.