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50 Kopecks
| Issuer | Vneshtorgbank (Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR) |
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| Year | 1965-1985 |
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| Currency | Sixth Rouble (1961-1991) |
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| Obverse lettering | ОТРЕЗНОЙ ЧЕК БАНКА ДЛЯ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ СССР (ВЫПУСК 1979 ГОДА) По этому чеку Внешторгбанк СССР выплатит ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ КОПЕЕК. БАНК ДЛЯ ВНЕШНЕЙ ТОРГОВЛИ СССР Чек предназначен для расчетов в магазинах в/о «Внешпосылторг». Передача чека в собственность другим лицам запрещена. БВТ Серия Д 50 КОПЕЕК |
| Reverse description | Plain white reverse with no printed design, showing only the faint impression of the obverse text visible through the thin paper stock. A circular punch-hole cancellation is present at the left edge. |
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Vneshtorgbank certificates were not ordinary banknotes — they were a parallel currency, issued specifically to Soviet citizens and foreign nationals who received hard currency earnings but were legally barred from holding actual foreign money. The 50 Kopeck denomination sits in the lowest tier of this system, used for small transactions within the network of Beryozka ("birch tree") shops, which sold foreign and domestic goods unavailable in the regular Soviet retail economy.
Two distinct series circulated: one with a yellow stripe (for socialist-country currency conversions) and one with a blue stripe (for capitalist-country hard currency). The stripe color determined which goods a holder could actually purchase — the two were not interchangeable at point of sale.