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25 Roubles Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant
| Issuer | OAO Nizhegorodsky Aviastroitelny Zavod Sokol (Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant Sokol) |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1998-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette carries a monochrome photographic reproduction of the Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 fighter aircraft (1941) set against a violet-toned underprint, with the large inscription ЛаГГ-3 and numerals 75 ЛЕТ to the left and the year 1941 below the aircraft. An oval guilloche cartouche at centre right bears the denomination 25 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ, while the Nizhny Novgorod coat of arms — a stag beneath an imperial crown — appears at upper right alongside a serial number in gold. The lower portion of the note carries an elaborate guilloche panel with the denomination repeated in full on both sides of the central numeral 25. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on a white ground with ornate guilloche borders at left and right margins. At left, an oval guilloche medallion repeats the denomination 25 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ, below which a large ghost numeral 75 forms a watermark-style underprint alongside the disclaimer text. The central field carries two overlapping monochrome portrait vignettes: squadron commander Senior Lieutenant P.P. Osipov in flying gear at left, and aircraft designer S.A. Lavochkin in military uniform at right, with identifying inscriptions placed beside each portrait and the denomination 25 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ printed along the lower edge. |
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Russian corporate scrip on polymer is unusual enough, but this piece has a specific origin worth understanding. OAO Sokol — formally the Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant — was the primary Soviet and post-Soviet manufacturer of MiG interceptors, including the MiG-31. By the mid-2000s, Russian defense enterprises were still navigating chronic wage arrears and irregular cash flow, and some continued issuing internal voucher currency well into the Putin era as a workaround for payroll bottlenecks.
Polymer substrate on enterprise scrip is genuinely rare. Most factory-issued vouchers of this period were printed on ordinary paper stock; the choice of polymer here suggests either an external printer contract or a deliberate attempt at counterfeit resistance within the plant's own closed economy.