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5 Kopecks Foreign Exchange Certificate
| Issuer | Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR (Vneshtorgbank) |
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| Year | 1965-1980 |
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| Currency | Sixth Rouble (1961-1991) |
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| Obverse description | Light green and white note with text-based layout; the denomination numeral '5' appears in large format at right within a teal guilloche panel alongside the Cyrillic inscription КОПЕЕК and the monogram ВРТ with серия Д. The main field carries multilingual payment obligation text in Cyrillic, with two manuscript signatures above the serial number at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | ОТРЕЗНОЙ ЧЕК БАНКА ДЛЯ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ СССР (ВЫПУСК 1979 ГОДА) По этому чеку Внешторгбанк СССР выплатит ПЯТЬ КОПЕЕК. БАНК ДЛЯ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ СССР Чек предназначен для расчетов в магазинах в/о «Внешпосылторг». Передача чека в собственность другим лицам запрещена. ВРТ СЕРИЯ Д КОПЕЕК |
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Vneshtorgbank's Foreign Exchange Certificates were a parallel currency system designed to let Soviet citizens and foreign visitors spend hard currency at Beryozka shops — the closed retail network that sold imported goods unavailable to ordinary Soviet shoppers. The ruble denomination printed on these certificates was notional; their actual purchasing function was tied entirely to convertible currency equivalents, pegged against specific foreign currencies depending on the series.
The 1965 series introduced color-coded strips — a physical anti-counterfeiting measure that also allowed cashiers to identify at a glance which foreign currency origin the certificate represented. The strip system was abandoned in later printings.