Goznak - 100th Anniversary of the Moscow Printing Factory 1919-2019

Goznak's centenary commemorative for its Moscow facility is a rare case of a security printer issuing a collectible specifically to showcase its own technical capabilities — not as currency, but as a demonstration piece. The Moscow Printing Factory traces its origins to 1919, when Soviet authorities established dedicated banknote production in the city to reduce dependence on Petrograd's Expedition for Preparing State Papers, which had itself been the Tsarist-era printing house absorbed into the new regime.

Polymer substrate here is deliberate self-promotion: Goznak has aggressively marketed its polymer printing capacity to foreign governments since the 2010s, and this piece doubles as a trade sample. Not legal tender anywhere.