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250 Roubles Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant
| Issuer | Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Plant 'Sokol' (OAO NAZ 'Sokol') |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Reverse description | Yellow-green note with a portrait vignette of Ye.I. Mindrov at right, rendered in a photographic halftone style, accompanied by a central vignette of the La-17 unmanned target drone on its ground-based launch booster. The main field is enclosed within an elaborate ornamental border of interlaced guilloche and floral cornerpieces. A circular denomination cartouche reading '250 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ' appears at upper left, with a non-negotiability disclaimer and the project director's signature at lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | 250 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ Беспилотная мишень Ла-17, ее пуски производились как с самолета-носителя, так и с помощью наземных стартовых ускорителей МИНДРОВ Е.И. Гл. Инженер завода с 1948 г. Гл. Конструктор завода с 1958 по 1987 г. КОЛЛЕКЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ СРЕДСТВОМ ПЛАТЕЖА НЕ ЯВЛЯЕТСЯ ДИРЕКТОР ПРОЕКТА (Translation: 250 AVIATION ROUBLES The La-17 unmanned target drone was launched both from a carrier aircraft and with the aid of ground-based rocket boosters MINDROV E.I. Chief Plant Engineer from 1948, Chief Plant Designer from 1958 to 1987 THIS COLLECTION TICKET IS NOT A MEANS OF PAYMENT PROJECT DIRECTOR) |
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Factory scrip on polymer substrate — already unusual in Russia, where enterprise-issued quasi-currency was far more common in the chaotic 1990s than in 2007. By the mid-2000s most Russian industrial scrip had disappeared alongside the wage arrears crisis that spawned it, making this a late and deliberate anomaly. NAZ Sokol, the Nizhny Novgorod aviation plant historically associated with MiG fighter production, apparently issued these for internal canteen or social-benefit use, though the precise circulation mechanism is not well documented in Western numismatic literature.
The polymer substrate choice is the genuine curiosity here — an unusual specification for what is essentially a local token instrument.