USSR: 1961 Monetary Reform, 1961–1991 — collector coins and banknotes catalog

The currency reform of 1961 was a 10-to-1 redenomination: from 1 January 1961 old money was exchanged for new money of one tenth the face value. The coins and banknotes of the 1961 pattern circulated until the end of the Soviet Union.

The circulation coins run from 1 kopeck to 1 rouble: the small change from 1 to 5 kopecks is yellow, from 10 kopecks to the rouble white. The old-pattern copper 1, 2 and 3 kopecks were not exchanged in the reform — they stayed in circulation at their old face value. From 1965 commemorative roubles were issued, and from 1977 collector coins in silver, gold, platinum and palladium, the first of them for the 1980 Olympics.

The banknotes of the 1961 pattern are State Treasury Notes of 1, 3 and 5 roubles and State Bank Notes of 10, 25, 50 and 100 roubles. They were printed for thirty years with changes of paper, number font and printing method, so every denomination has many varieties. In January 1991 the "Pavlov" reform withdrew the 50 and 100 roubles, while the lower denominations outlived the USSR and circulated in Russia until 1993.

	5 rubles — USSR (1977) — Kiev Y# 145 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1977) — Leningrad Y# 146 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1977) — Minsk Y# 147 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1977) — Tallinn Y# 148 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1977) — Moscow Y# 149 Silver 900, 33.3 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1977) — Map of USSR Y# 150 Silver 900, 33.3 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	100 rubles — USSR (1977) — Olympic logo Y# A163 Gold 900, 17.45 g, ⌀ 30 mm	+
	150 rubles — USSR (1977) — Olympics Logo Y# 152 Platinum 999, 15.55 g, ⌀ 28.6 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1978) — Running Y# 154 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1978) — Swimming Y# 155 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1978) — High Jumping Y# 156 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1978) — Equestrian Show Jumping Y# 157 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1978) — Cycling Y# 158 Silver 900, 33.3 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1978) — Canoeing Y# 159 Silver 900, 33.3 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1978) — Equestrian Sports Y# 160 Silver 900, 33.3 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1978) — Pole Vaulting Y# 161 Silver 900, 33.3 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	100 rubles — USSR (1978) — Lenin Stadium Y# 151 Gold 900, 17.28 g, ⌀ 30 mm	+
	100 rubles — USSR (1978) — Krylatskoye Rowing Canal Y# 162 Gold 900, 17.28 g, ⌀ 30 mm	+
	150 rubles — USSR (1978) — Discus Y# 163 Platinum 999, 15.55 g, ⌀ 28.6 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1979) — Weightlifting Y# 166 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1979) — Hammer Throwing Y# 167 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1979) — Basketball Y# 168 Silver 900, 33.3 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1979) — Volleyball Y# 169 Silver 900, 33.33 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1979) — Boxing Y# 170 Silver 900, 33.33 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1979) — Judo Y# 171 Silver 900, 33.33 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1979) — Weight Lifting Y# 172 Silver 900, 33.33 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	100 rubles — USSR (1979) — Velodrome Y# 173 Gold 900, 17.45 g, ⌀ 30 mm	+
	100 rubles — USSR (1979) — Friendship Sport Hall Y# 174 Gold 900, 17.45 g, ⌀ 30 mm	+
	150 rubles — USSR (1979) — Wrestlers Y# 175 Platinum 999, 15.55 g, ⌀ 28.6 mm	+
	150 rubles — USSR (1979) — Horse race Y# 176 Platinum 999, 15.55 g, ⌀ 28.6 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1980) — Archery Y# 179 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1980) — Gymnastics Y# 180 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1980) — Equestrian Isindi Y# 181 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1980) — Gorodki Y# 182 Silver 900, 16.67 g, ⌀ 33 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1980) — Wrestling Y# 183 Silver 900, 33.33 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1980) — Tug of War Y# 184 Silver 900, 33.33 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	10 rubles — USSR (1980) — Reindeer Racing Y# 185 Silver 900, 33.33 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	100 rubles — USSR (1980) — Olympic Torch Y# 186 Gold 900, 17.45 g, ⌀ 30 mm	+
	150 rubles — USSR (1980) — Running Y# 187 Platinum 999, 15.55 g, ⌀ 28.6 mm	+
	3 rubles — USSR (1988) — St. Sophia Cathedral (Kiev) Y# 210 Silver 900, 34.56 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	3 rubles — USSR (1988) — Vladimir's Silver Coin (Srebrenik) Y# 211 Silver 900, 34.56 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	25 rubles — USSR (1988) — Christianization of Rus Y# 212 Palladium 999, 31.1 g, ⌀ 37 mm	+
	50 rubles — USSR (1988) — Cathedral of St. Sophia (Novgorod) Y# 213 Gold 900, 8.75 g, ⌀ 22.6 mm	+
	100 rubles — USSR (1988) — Vladimir's Gold Coin (Zlatnik) Y# 214 Gold 900, 17.45 g, ⌀ 30 mm	+
	150 rubles — USSR (1988) — Tale of Igor's Campaign Y# 215 Platinum 999, 15.55 g, ⌀ 28.6 mm	+
	3 rubles — USSR (1989) — Moscow Kremlin Y# 222 Silver 900, 34.56 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	3 rubles — USSR (1989) — First All-Russian Coinage Y# 223 Silver 900, 34.56 g, ⌀ 39 mm	+
	25 rubles — USSR (1989) — Ivan III Y# 224 Palladium 999, 31.1 g, ⌀ 37 mm	+
	25 rubles — USSR (1989) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina) Y# 231 Palladium 999, 31.1 g, ⌀ 37 mm	+
	50 rubles — USSR (1989) — Assumption Cathedral, Moscow Y# 225 Gold 900, 8.45 g, ⌀ 22.6 mm	+

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USSR — 1961 Monetary Reform (1961 — 1991)