April - June,
2001
MODERN BANKNOTES AND COINS OF REPUBLICS OF THE ex. USSR
AND EASTERN BLOCK
(PART VIII: USSR)
Cat.# Date Denomination Description
Price US$
USSR
1.State Bank
Notes.
1.1 223 1961 3 RUBLES 0.50
1.2 236 1961 100 RUBLES 3.95
1.3 238 1991 10 RUBLES 0.60
1.4 241
1991 50 RUBLES 2.50
1.5 243
1991 100 RUBLES 2.75
1.6 249 1992 200 RUBLES 2.00
1.7 249 1992 500 RUBLES 2.10
1.8 250 1992
1,000 RUBLES 3.00
2.Proof Note. Printed by De la
Rue Giori’s process & equipment. Uniface.
2.1 C-NL
ND(1977) 10(RUBLES). Original. Colorful. 95.00
(Designer by Roger Pfund. Production by Orell
FÜssli Graphic Arts Zurich.
With portrait Alexander Pushkin on view of
St.Peterbourg. Rare banknote)
2.1 C-NL ND(1977) 10(RUBLES). Copy
above. Colorful. 10.00
- SPECIAL
ISSUES OF THE
SSSR
1.TransPolar.
“ARKTIKUGOL”/ “Arctic Coal”.
Isle of SPITZBERGEN. NORWAY
territory rented by the Soviet
Government in 1931 for coal extraction,
but the USSR placed the biggest Soviet Military Navy
base in the North on
this island. One place in former USSR where regular
issued local coins
& notes. Banknotes printed “GOSZNAK”(where printed all Soviet notes).
1.1 R25231 ND(1979) 1 KOPEK. Green. Wmk: stars. 5.95
1.2 R25233 ND(1979) 3 KOPEKS. Green. Wmk:
stars. aUNC 6.50
1.3 R25234 ND(1979) 5 KOPEKS. Marine. Wmk:
stars. 7.15
1.4 R25236 ND(1979) 20 KOPEKS. Red &
violet. Wmk. aVF 6.20
1.5 R25237 ND(1979) 1 RUBLE . Yellow &
brown. Wmk. XF 18.80
1.6 R25237 ND(1979) 1 RUBLE . Yellow &
brown. Wmk. F 9.95
1.7 R25238 ND(1979) 3 RUBLES. Green &
blue. Wmk. aF
17.50
1.8 R25238 ND(1979) 3 RUBLES. Green &
blue. Wmk. VG
11.75
1.9 R25239 ND(1979) 5 RUBLES. Green &
blue. Wmk. aF
24.45
1.10
R25240 ND(1979) 10 RUBLES. Red & brown. Wmk. F/VF 39.00
1.11
R25240 ND(1979) 10 RUBLES. Red & brown. Wmk. VG
22.30
1.12
R25241 ND(1979) 25 RUBLES. Red & blue. Wmk. G/VG
23.65
1.13
R25242 ND(1979) 50 RUBLES. Green & blue. Wmk. G
29.50
1.14 R25243 ND(1979) 100 RUBLES. Brown & blue. Wmk. aG 41.90
(Dated issues
1957 & 1961 please see in price list #2 on page 10 )
- TRAVELLERS CHEQUES
2.State Bank of the
USSR, Moscow.
2.1 R25264 1961
25 RUBLES. Red & green. W/3
stamps. VG 13.95
(Face text on Russian,
back text on 4 languages. Rubber stamp about
using in Sofia<Bulgaria> 21.02.1970 )
3.Bank for Foreign
Trade of the USSR, Moscow.
3.1 R25291 ND
5 RUBLES. Brown & green.
Canceled. XF 4.50
(Face text on Russian
& English, back - W/o text. Rubber stamp about
using in Dresden<Democratic Germany>
13.08.1979)
3.2 R25292 ND
10 RUBLES. Brown & pink.
Canceled. XF+ 5.80
(Face text on Russian
& English, back - W/o text. Rubber stamp about
using in Praha<Czech> 3.10.1974)
3.3 R25293 ND
20 RUBLES. Brown & violet.
Canceled. XF 3.95
(Face text on Russian
& English, back - W/o text. Rubber stamp about
using in Wroclaw<Poland> 25.02.1976)
3.4 R25293 ND
20 RUBLES. Brown & violet.
Canceled. XF 7.25
(Face text on Russian
& English, back - W/o text. Rubber stamp about
using in Libereg<Czech> 3.03.1985. With coupon!)
3.5 R25294 ND
50 RUBLES. Green. Canceled. XF 8.40
(Face text on Russian
& English, back - W/o text. Rubber stamp about
using in Loebau<Democratic Germany>
6.02.1985. With coupon!)
3.6 R25295 ND
100 RUBLES. Green & blue.
Canceled. aUNC 10.00
(Face text on Russian
& English, back - W/o text. Rubber stamp about
using in Karl-Marx-Stadt<Democratic
Germany> 4.10.1979. With coupon!)
3.7 R25296 ND
5 RUBLES. Brown & blue.
Canceled. aVF 5.00
(Face text on Russian
& English, back - w/English text only. Rubber stamp
about paid by State Bank of the USSR, Brest 20.12.1979. With coupon!)
3.8 R25298 ND
20 RUBLES. Green & yellow.
Canceled. F 3.00
(Face text on Russian
& English, back - w/English text only. Rubber stamp
about paid by State Bank of the USSR, Brest 11.12.1979)
3.9 R25299 ND
50 RUBLES. Pink & gray.
Canceled. aUNC 6.95
(Face text on Russian
& English, back - w/English text only. Rubber stamp
about paid by State Bank of the USSR, Brest 19.11.1979)
3.10 R25304
ND 50 RUBLES. Green. Canceled. F 5.75
(Face text on Russian,
English & German, back - w/English text only.
Rubber stamp about using in
Posnan<Poland> 2.12.1990. W/cutting corner)
3.11 R25305
ND 100 RUBLES. Brown & blue. Canceled. XF
9.50
(Face text on Russian,
English & German, back - w/o text. Rubber stamp
about using in Praha<Czech> 13.02.1986)
VNESHPOSILTORG Ruble Certificates are analogues to
Foreign Exchange
Certificates of other
countries - members of the former SEV ( Council
of Mutual Cooperation ): Albania #FX21-27,
Czechoslovakia #FX1-FX16,
Cuba #FX1-FX23, GDR
#FX1-FX7. But by some misunderstanding they were
not included into
SCWPM.
Please remember that in former USSR all checks
below has exchange rate
on black market in 2-3 times high than common
circulated USSR money.
If you know in USSR was official exchange
rate: 1.00 USD = 0.65 KOPEKS!
For simple: official rate 10 rubles=15.40
USD, but you can receive this
check(UNC) issued about than 20 years ago for
only 37% of exchange rate
(see #4.5). Note that cheques below was full
convertibility of currency
before end of the USSR.
4.VNESHPOSILTORG
Ruble Certificates for buying goods in special stores
used by Soviet
citizens. Privileged voucher for scarce imported goods.
4.1 R25100 1976 2 KOPEKS. Wmk: CCCP. aUNC 3.95
4.2 R25100 1976 2 KOPEKS. Wmk: CCCP.
XF/aUNC 3.60
4.3 R25100 1976 2 KOPEKS. Wmk: CCCP.
XF 3.25
4.4 R25100 1976 2 KOPEKS. Wmk: CCCP.
VF 2.50
4.5 R25102 1976 5 KOPEKS. Wmk: CCCP.
aXF 3.75
4.6 R25104 1976 25 KOPEKS. Wmk: CCCP.
VF 4.40
4.7 R25106 1976 1 RUBLE . Wmk: CCCP.
VF 5.30
4.8 R25106 1976 1 RUBLE . Wmk: CCCP.
F 4.20
4.9 R25108 1976 3 RUBLES. Wmk: CCCP.
XF 7.35
4.10 R25108
1976 3 RUBLES. Wmk: CCCP. VF 6.10
4.11 R25110
1976 10 RUBLES. Wmk: CCCP. VF 9.50
4.12 R25110
1976 10 RUBLES. Wmk: CCCP. F 9.50
(1965 -1966
issues please see in price list #2 on page 11)
5.USSR Foreign
Trade Activity Bank. Fixed check‑currency.
Serie
“D”(Diplomatic). This currency was only for those who worked for
border of the
USSR in Diplomatic Service.
5.1 R25746 1979 1 KOPEK . Green.
Wmk: CCCP. 0.30
5.2 R25747 1979 2 KOPEKS. Red. Wmk: CCCP. 0.50
5.3 R25748 1979 5 KOPEKS. Gray. Wmk: CCCP. 0.70
5.4 R25749 1979 10 KOPEKS. Green.
Wmk: CCCP. 0.95
5.5 R25750 1979 20 KOPEKS.
Violet.Wmk: CCCP. 1.30
5.6 R25751 1979 50 KOPEKS. Lilac.
Wmk: CCCP. 1.95
5.7 R25752 1979 1 RUBLE . Brown.
Wmk: CCCP. 2.45
5.8 R25753 1979 2 RUBLES. Brown.
Wmk: CCCP. 3.50
5.9 R25754 1979 5 RUBLES. Red. Wmk: CCCP. 4.95
5.10 R25754
1979 5 RUBLES. Red.
Wmk: CCCP. XF 3.80
5.11 R25758
1980 10 KOPEKS. Green.
Wmk: CCCP. 0.85
5.12 R25759
1980 20 KOPEKS. Violet. Wmk: CCCP. 1.25
6.USSR Foreign
Trade Activity Bank. Fixed check‑currency.
Series
“D”(Diplomatic). Holder this currency only for who worked for
border of the
USSR in Diplomatic Service.
6.1 R-NL
1989 1 RUBLE . Brown.
Wmk: CCCP.
2.95
6.2 R-NL
1989 2 RUBLES. Brown.
Wmk: CCCP.
3.25
6.3 R-NL
1989 5 RUBLES. Red.
Wmk: CCCP.
4.50
6.4 R-NL
1989 10 RUBLES. Blue.
Wmk: CCCP.
5.30
6.5 R-NL
1989 25 RUBLES. Purple. Wmk: CCCP. 8.70
7.USSR Foreign
Trade Activity Bank. Fixed check‑currency.
Used in
special shops of Soviet Commercial Marine Transport
“TORGMORTRANS”. Check with a anchor
picture.
7.1 R25572
1970 1 KOPEK . Wmk.: CCCP. Violet. 2.50
7.2 R25573
1970 2 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP. Green. 3.25
7.3
R25591 1976 2 KOPEKS. Wmk: CCCP. Green. 2.95
7.4
R25595 1976 50 KOPEKS. Wmk: CCCP. Gray. 3.95
7.5
R-NL 1974 1 KOPEK . Wmk.: CCCP. Violet. 5.00
7.6 R25601
1978 5 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP. Green. 3.95
7.7 R25601
1978 5 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP. Green. F 1.80
7.8 R25602
1978 10 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP. Pink. 4.00
7.9 R25602
1978 10 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP. Pink. aXF 2.75
7.10 R25604 1978 50 KOPEKS. Wmk.:
CCCP. Gray. 4.10
7.11 R25605 1978 1 RUBLE . Wmk.:
CCCP. Blue. 5.65
7.12 R25607 1978 5 RUBLES. Wmk.:
CCCP. Brown. 6.50
7.13 R25684 1980 10 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP. Pink. 3.50
8.USSR Foreign
Economic Activity Bank. Fixed check‑currency
Used in
special shops of Soviet Commercial Marine Transport
“TORGMORTRANS”. Check with a anchor
picture.
8.1 R25620 1989 5 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP.
Green. 2.95
8.2 R25621 1989 10 KOPEKS. Wmk.:
CCCP. Pink. 3.25
8.3 R25622 1989 50 KOPEKS. Wmk.:
CCCP. Gray. 3.70
8.4 R25623 1989 1 RUBLE . Wmk.:
CCCP. Blue. 4.95
8.5 R25625 1989 5 RUBLES. Wmk.:
CCCP. Brown. 6.10
9.USSR Foreign Economic Activity Bank. Fixed
check ‑ currency.
Used as payment for goods and services on
Soviet boats
which found in International cruises. Check with a boat picture.
9.1 R25439
1989 5 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP. Pink. 3.20
9.2 R25440
1989 10 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP. Olive. 3.85
9.3 R25442
1989 50 KOPEKS. Wmk.: CCCP. Blue. 4.50
9.4 R25443
1989 1 RUBLE . Wmk.: CCCP. Gray. 5.00
10.Ministery of
Agrarian Economic and Provision of the RSFSR & State Bank.
Check
“Urozhai”/Harvest. Right for purchase of goods with higher demand
10.1 C-NL
1991 10 RUBLES. Brown. Wmk.
W/stamp. 3.50
11.State Inside
Profitable Loan. Obligation.
Printing in
banknote style with vignette coat of arms of the USSR.
11.1 C-NL 1982 50 RUBLES. Multicolor.
Wmk.: CCCP. 3.00
11.2 C-NL 1982 100 RUBLES. Multicolor.
Wmk.: CCCP. XF 4.45
12.State
Internal Profitable 5% Loan. Bond. Moscow printer “GOZNAK”.
12.1 C-NL
1990 10,000 RUBLES. Multicolor. Wmk.: CCCP. Large. 13.95
(With Coat of
Arms of the USSR & 16 coupons denomination 500 Rubles ea.)
13.State Special
Unprofitable Loan. Bond. Moscow printer “GOZNAK”.
All loans for
receiving difference scarce everyday use apparatus.
13.1 C-NL
1990 1,000 RUBLES. Green. Wmk. “Specimen”. 8.75
(I have 2 difference pieces. “Specimen” & #0000000 printed in red.)
- LOCAL & PRIVATE ISSUES
OF THE SSSR
1.Central
Russia. Lenin’s District of Kirov City. Soviet Farm “Doronichy”
Internal
accounting check. Not issued.
1.1 R3945
1987 Set: 5 & 10 RUBLES. Yellow/orange. 2.35
2.Central
Russia. Kirov Region. Kirovo-Chepetskyi District. Village
Russkoe.
Soviet Farm Named 60th Anniversary of the USSR. Check.
2.1 R3957-65 (1987)
Set: 50 KOPEKS & 3,10,25,50,100,1000 RUBLES. Red 9.50
3.Central
Russia. Kirov Region. Nemsky District. Village Archangelskoe.
Kolkhoz
“Nature”. Check. Not issued.
3.1 R3806-13 (1988)
Set: 20,50 KOPEKS & 1,3,5,10,25,50 RUBLES 5.50
4.Central
Russia. Kirov Region. Kumenskyi District. Village Vichevshina.
Kolkhoz
“October”. Internal accounting check. Not issued.
4.1 R3879
ND(1988) Set: 3,5,10,50 RUBLES. Green. 3.85
5.Cuban Province (South Russia). Ruble Control Coupons.
Remainder full
sheets with difference month.
5.1 C-NL 1991 80 RUBLES. Issued full sheet. April. Red. 12.50
5.2 C-NL 1991 80 RUBLES. Full
sheet. May. Blue. 9.95
5.3 C-NL 1991 80 RUBLES. Full
sheet. June. Violet. 9.95
5.4 C-NL 1991 80 RUBLES. Full
sheet. July. Blue. 9.95
5.5 C-NL 1991 80 RUBLES. Full
sheet. August. Pink. 9.95
5.6 C-NL 1991 80 RUBLES. Full
sheet. September. Green. 9.95
(Large size: 42 x
27.5 cm. With 48 coupons! Seldom seen.)
6.Cuban
Province. Crimea District. Kolkhoz Named
Soviet Army.
Bill for
internal account.
6.1
R6311-17 ND Set: 1,3,5,10,25,50,100 RUBLES 8.95
7.Cuban Province. Soviet Farm “Teplichnyi” -
District of Krasnodar City
7.1 R7091 (1989) 1 RUBLE. Green. 9.50
( Marked in Rjabchenko catalog as not seen
)
8.Cuban Province.
Agrarian Union “Sodruzhestvo”/Community.
8.1 R10159 1989
10 RUBLES. Brown. 9.50
( Marked in Rjabchenko catalog as not seen
)
9.Cuban Province.
Slavjansk District. Galitsin. Rice Soviet farm
“Novopetrovsryi”.
Check. Stamp on note of Krasnodar Agrarian Committee
9.1 R6546-51 ND
Set: 1,3,5,10,25,50 RUBLES. W/stamp. 11.00
( Rjabchenko value this
set in $15.00 )
10.Cuban Province.
Slavjansk District. TransAzov Building Company
“Priazovstroi.
ATP-3”. Economical Currency Token.
10.1 R6707-14
ND Set: 10,15,20 KOPEKS &
1,3,5,10,25 RUBLES 6.50
11.Cuban Province.
Slavjansk District. TransAzov Building Company
“Priazovstroi.
PMK-5”. Coupon for add nourishment.
11.2 R6714
V.1991 1 RUBLE. W/stamp. 1.25
11.2 R6714
VI.1991 1 RUBLE. W/stamp. 1.25
11.2 R6714 VII.1991
1 RUBLE. W/stamp. 1.25
11.2 R6714
IX.1991 1 RUBLE. W/stamp. 1.25
12.Cuban Province.
Termukovskyi District. Soviet farm “Svetlyi Put” /
Light Way. Currency check.
12.1 R7122
(1989) Set: 3,25,50,1000
RUBLES. W/stamp & number. 25.00
(Each note in Rjabchenko
catalog marked as RARE)
13.Cuban Province.
Soviet farm “Troitskyi”. Crimea District.
13.1 R7122
(1989) Set: 1, 50, 100 RUBLES. Green & pink. 8.35
14.Cuban Province.
Krasnodar Agrarian Committee.
14.1 R6202
(1989) Set: 10,100,500,1000
RUBLES. Green/red/brown. 6.95
15.Cuban Province.
Agrarian Combine “Cuban”. Stanitsa Timashevskaja.
Check for amount.
-Seldom seen-
15.1 R6318-25 ND
Set: 1,3,5,10,25,50,100,500 RUBLES. 39.95
( In Rjabchenko catalog this set valued in
US$ 80.00 )
16.Cuban Province.
Agrarian Combine “Cuban”. Stanitsa Timashevskaja.
Check for amount.
W/ovpt.: Kolkhoz “Zavety Lenina”. Stanitsa
Staromishestovskaja.
16.1 R-NL
ND 5 RUBLES. Orange. 5.00
17.Stavropol
Province. Ministry of Defense of the
USSR. Otradnenskiy
District. Soviet
Farm “Red Partisan”. Accounting Bill.
17.1 R6662-3
ND Set: 3 & 5 RUBLES. Red & brown. 6.25
18.Siberia. Barnaul.
“Anitim” / Altai Scientific-Research Institute of
Technology
Mechanical.
18.1 R10108-1 1989
Set: 50 KOPEKS & 1, 2, 3 RUBLES.
W.stamp. 44.90
(All notes above in
Rjabchenko catalog marked as RARE)
19.Siberia. Altai
Region. Rubtsovsk. Mechanical Factory “RMZ”. Coupon.
19.1 R8994-1
(1991) 1 RUBLE . Brown. July. 2.95
19.2 R8994-2
(1991) 3 RUBLES. Green. July. 3.20
19.3 R8994-4
(1991) 1 RUBLE . Brown. August. 2.95
19.4 R8994-6
(1991) 10 RUBLES. Red.
August. -RARE- 29.00
(10 ruble note in
Rjabchenko catalog marked as EXTREMALY
RARE)
- COINS
1.1 292 1991 50 KOPEKS 0.50
1.2 134a.1 1961 1 ROUBLE aUNC
10.00
1.3 134a.2 1978 1 ROUBLE 1.85
1.4 294 1991 5 ROUBLES 1.50
1.5 295 1991 10 ROUBLES. Bi‑metal. 2.95