Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Roubles Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant
| Issuer | OAO Nizhegorodsky Aviastroitelny Zavod Sokol (Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant Sokol) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 25 Roubles |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | ЮБИЛЕЙНЫЙ ВЫПУСК К 75-ЛЕТИЮ ОАО «НИЖЕГОРОДСКИЙ АВИАСТРОИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ЗАВОД «СОКОЛ» ОСНОВНОЙ ИСТРЕБИТЕЛЬ ПЕРВОГО ГОДА ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ ЛаГГ-3 75 ЛЕТ ОАО «НАЗ «СОКОЛ» 1932-2007 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ 25 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ (Translation: ANNIVERSARY ISSUE FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF JSC NIZHNY NOVGOROD AIRCRAFT PLANT SOKOL THE MAIN FIGHTER OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR LaGG-3 75 YEARS JSC NAZ SOKOL 1932-2007 AVIATION ROUBLES 25 AVIATION ROUBLES) |
| 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. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
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.