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3 Roubles Foreign Trade Certificate
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 3 Roubles (3 SUR) |
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| Obverse lettering | ВСЕСОЮЗНОЕ ОБЪЕДИНЕНИЕ “ВНЕШПОСЫЛТОРГ” ЧЕК НА ПОЛУЧЕНИЕ ТОВАРОВ НА СУММУ ТРИ РУБЛЯ ЧЕК ПРЕДНАЗНАЧЕН ДЛЯ РАСЧЕТОВ В МАГАЗИНАХ, ОСУЩЕСТВЛЯЮЩИХ ОПЕРАЦИИ В/О “ВНЕШПОСЫЛТОРГ” (Translation: ALL-UNION ASSOCIATION “VNESHPOSYLTORG” CERTIFICATE FOR RECEIPT OF GOODS IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE RUBLES CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED FOR SETTLEMENTS IN STORES CARRYING OUT OPERATIONS OF (ALL-UNION ASSOCIATION) “VNESHPOSYLTORG”) |
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| Reverse lettering | ЧЕК ПЕРЕПРОДАЖЕ НЕ ПОДЛЕЖИТ (Translation: CERTIFICATE IS NOT A SUBJECT TO RESALE) |
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Soviet Vneshposyltorg certificates were not currency in any conventional sense — they were instruments of a closed-loop hard-currency substitution system, issued to Soviet citizens who received foreign remittances or were paid in convertible currency for work abroad. The 3-rouble denomination could be spent only at Beryozka shops, where imported goods unavailable through the ordinary retail network were legally accessible. Holding foreign cash directly was a criminal offense; this paper was the sanctioned workaround.
The 1976 series introduced a blue stripe series coding, distinguishing it from the earlier yellow-stripe issues used for a different payment tier.