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250 000 Roubles Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant

Issuer OAO Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant Sokol
Year 2007
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Currency Rouble (1998-date)
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Obverse description The central vignette bears a photographic image of the Yakovlev Yak-130 two-seat advanced jet trainer in flight, set against a lavender guilloche underprint. Large numerals '75 ЛЕТ' and the plant's name with dates '1932–2007' are printed vertically along the left margin, while a circular medallion to the right carries the denomination '250 000 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ' in ornate letterpress. The Nizhny Novgorod city coat of arms — a deer surmounted by a crown — occupies the upper right, with a detachable stub at the far right bearing a serial number and the numeral '250 000'.
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Reverse lettering 250 000 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ Передача представителям Индии первых самолетов МиГ-21 индийских ВВС, модернизированных на заводе в 1996-1998г. Модификация, получившая обозначение MiG-21 UPG не уступит в бою истребителям четвертого поколения. ПОМОЛОВ В. М. ДИРЕКТОР ЗАВОДА с 1985 по 1998г. Дважды Лауреат Государственной премии награжден знаком «Почетный авиастроитель» КОЛЛЕКЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ СРЕДСТВОМ ПЛАТЕЖА НЕ ЯВЛЯЕТСЯ ДИРЕКТОР ПРОЕКТА
(Translation: 250 000 AVIATION ROUBLES Transfer to representatives of India of the first MiG-21 aircraft of the Indian Air Force, modernized at the plant in 1996–1998. The modification designated MiG-21 UPG will not be inferior in combat to fourth-generation fighters. POMOLOV V.M. DIRECTOR OF THE PLANT from 1985 to 1998. Two-time laureate of the State Prize, awarded the badge of Honoured Aircraft Builder. THIS COLLECTOR'S NOTE IS NOT LEGAL TENDER. PROJECT DIRECTOR)
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Russian industrial enterprises issued internal scrip — known colloquially as "korporativnye den'gi" — in modest waves during the late Soviet period and again after the rouble's stabilization in the early 2000s, typically as vouchers redeemable at factory canteens or company stores. A 250,000-rouble face value in 2007, when the rouble had long since been redenominated at 1:1000 in 1998, signals this is almost certainly a commemorative or novelty issue rather than functional wage scrip.

The polymer substrate is unusual for a provincial factory token — that material choice typically implies a specialized printer, possibly Goznak or a foreign security printing contractor.

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