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25 Roubles Lottery Bond, 1955
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance of the USSR |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Currency | Fifth Rouble (1947-1960) |
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| Reverse description | Plain guilloche-patterned background in pale green with series and bond numbers printed in mirror image at top and bottom corners. A full-width Cyrillic heading is followed by ten numbered clauses in small letterpress type setting out the terms of the loan, including lottery draw schedule and redemption conditions, with a prize table in the upper-right quadrant. The imprint «Гознак. 1955.» appears at foot of text. |
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| Protection description | Geometrical pattern with «С С С Р» wording |
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Soviet lottery bonds occupied an awkward space between savings instrument and compulsory contribution — workers were expected to subscribe, and outright refusal carried social and professional risk. The 1955 series was among the last of the postwar bond campaigns; Khrushchev abruptly halted repayments on all outstanding lottery bonds in 1957, effectively freezing billions in citizen savings for the following two decades. Redemption was only resumed in 1974.
Goznak printed these to the same security standards applied to currency, including a watermarked paper substrate — appropriate for instruments that, at least nominally, carried monetary value.