Currency · Soviet ruble notes (1961 & 1991 series) kept as souvenirs · 2 min read
Collection of Soviet Ruble Banknotes (1961 & 1991)
A set of five Soviet ruble banknotes scanned front and back across ten pages: a 10-ruble note (1961, State Bank, with Lenin portrait), a 5-ruble note (1961, State Treasury, depicting the Moscow Kremlin Spasskaya Tower), and three 1-ruble notes (two State Treasury notes dated 1961 and one State Bank note dated 1991). Kept by Seth Baker as currency souvenirs from his 1991-92 stay in the collapsing USSR.
SOVIET BANKNOTES (5 notes, scanned front and back)
=== Page 1 — 10 Rubles, 1961 (front/obverse) ===
БИЛЕТ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА СССР [Note of the State Bank of the USSR] | 10 | ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ [TEN RUBLES] | БАНКОВСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ЗОЛОТОМ, ДРАГОЦЕННЫМИ МЕТАЛЛАМИ И ПРОЧИМИ АКТИВАМИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА [Bank notes are backed by gold, precious metals and other assets of the State Bank] | 1961 | [State emblem of the USSR; portrait of V. I. Lenin]
=== Page 2 — 10 Rubles, 1961 (back/reverse) ===
пЧ 4439075 (serial, repeated) | СССР [USSR] | 10 | ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ [TEN RUBLES] | ПОДДЕЛКА БИЛЕТОВ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА СССР ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ [Counterfeiting of State Bank of the USSR notes is punishable by law] | Denomination in 15 republic languages: ДЕСЯТЬ КАРБОВАНЦІВ · ДЗЕСЯЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ · УН СУМ · ОН СОМ · ... · ОН МАНАТ · DESIMT RUBLIŲ · ЗЕЧЕ РУБЛЕ · DESMIT RUBĻU · ОН СОМ · ДАХ СУМ · ... · ОН МАНАТ · KÜMME RUBLA
=== Page 5 — 5 Rubles, 1961 (front/obverse) ===
ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЙ БИЛЕТ СССР [State Treasury Note of the USSR] | 5 | ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ [FIVE RUBLES] | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ВСЕМ ДОСТОЯНИЕМ СОЮЗА ССР И ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНЫ К ПРИЕМУ НА ВСЕЙ ТЕРРИТОРИИ СССР ВО ВСЕ ПЛАТЕЖИ ДЛЯ ВСЕХ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЙ, ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ И ЛИЦ ПО НАРИЦАТЕЛЬНОЙ СТОИМОСТИ [State treasury notes are backed by the entire wealth of the USSR and are obligatory for acceptance throughout the territory of the USSR for all payments by all institutions, enterprises and persons at their face value] | 1961 | ПЯТЬ [FIVE] | [State emblem of the USSR; the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin]
=== Page 6 — 5 Rubles, 1961 (back/reverse) ===
5 | ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ [FIVE RUBLES] | ЕЛ 9493077 (serial) | Denomination in 15 republic languages: ПЯТЬ КАРБОВАНЦІВ · ПЯЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ · БЕШ СУМ · БЕС СОМ · ... · БЕШ МАНАТ · PENKI RUBLIAI · ЧИНЧ РУБЛЕ · PIECI RUBĻI · БЕШ СОМ · ПАНҶ СУМ · ... · БЕШ МАНАТ · VIIS RUBLA | ПОДДЕЛКА ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ КАЗНАЧЕЙСКИХ БИЛЕТОВ ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ [Counterfeiting of state treasury notes is punishable by law]
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Who wrote it & who it’s to
- Written
- Soviet ruble notes (1961 & 1991 series) kept as souvenirs
- Type
- Currency · Soviet Ruble Banknotes Collection
- Languages
- Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Lithuanian, Romanian, Latvian, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Armenian, Turkmen, Estonian
- Length
- 2 min read · 10 pages