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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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| Obverse description | Yellow-green note with a central vignette of the Lavochkin La-15 jet fighter (1948) set against a golden underprint, framed by ornate guilloche scrollwork along the lower border. To the left, large numerals '75 ЛЕТ' appear above the plant's founding dates '1932–2007', while an oval denomination cartouche of '250 АВИАРУБЛЕЙ' is positioned to the right of the aircraft vignette. The Nizhny Novgorod city coat of arms (a stag passant beneath a crown) is printed at upper right, with a six-digit serial number below it. |
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| 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.