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5 Kopecks
| Issuer | Vneshtorgbank (Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR) |
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| Year | 1967-1976 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Pale yellow-ochre note with guilloche underprint at left; Cyrillic text across upper portion names the issuing bank and issue year, with denomination numeral '5' and 'КОПЕЕК' in a cartouche at right. Vneshtorgbank USSR monogram in script flanked by two manuscript signatures below, anchor vignette at lower right. Serial number and series letter at bottom right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Отрезной чек Банка для внешней торговли СССР (выпуск 1970 года) По этому чеку Внешторгбанк СССР выплатит пять копеек. БАНК ДЛЯ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ СССР Настоящий чек предназначается для расчета за товары в специальных магазинах «Торгмортранс». Серия А |
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Vneshtorgbank issued these low-denomination certificate notes exclusively for use in Beryozka shops — the hard-currency retail chain that allowed Soviet citizens with access to foreign earnings to purchase otherwise unavailable Western goods. The 5 Kopek certificate functioned as fractional change within a closed-loop system entirely separate from ordinary ruble circulation. Ordinary Soviet banknotes were explicitly prohibited in Beryozka transactions.
The certificates came in two color-coded series: a yellow-stripe series for Soviet citizens earning abroad, and a blue-stripe series for foreign visitors. Mixing the two was officially forbidden, though the distinction was routinely ignored at the counter.