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3 Roubles - Military Trade Cheque
| Issuer | Vneshtorgbank (USSR) |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Green, orange and multicolour guilloche underprint with red border strips at top and bottom. Central vignette shows a large numeral '3' within an ornate rosette; Cyrillic text reads 'ТРИ РУБЛЯ' below, with the issuer legend 'ВСЕСОЮЗНОЕ ОБЪЕДИНЕНИЕ ВНЕШПОСЫЛТОРГ' above. A globe vignette appears at upper right, with year '1976' at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЧЕК ПЕРЕПРОДАЖЕ НЕ ПОДЛЕЖИТ |
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Vneshtorgbank's military trade cheques were a parallel currency system used by Soviet armed forces personnel serving abroad — a mechanism for converting hard-currency entitlements into controlled purchasing power without exposing the ruble to foreign exchange pressures. The series came in two distinct streams: "D" series for officers and "Zh" series for ratings, each restricted to specific retail outlets. This 3-rouble denomination sits in the lower tier of the officer series.
These cheques were redeemable at Voenторг stores, not at civilian Beryozka hard-currency shops — a distinction that mattered enormously to the holder at the time.