5 rubles — USSR (1938)
Pick# 215
Photo:
Daniel LeBowsky (CC BY-NC-SA) · Numista
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Special facts
The pilot and aircraft allude to the record flights of 1937, when the crews of Chkalov and Gromov flew over the North Pole to the United States.
Appearance
Dark blue print throughout. An airman and an aircraft at right, the USSR state emblem at top left. The reverse has the denomination at the corners and centre over a guilloché rosette, the value spelled out in 11 union-republic languages. 145 × 70 mm -- the largest denomination of this series.
About the period
The treasury notes of 1938 in 1, 3 and 5 roubles were the small Soviet paper money of the pre-war and war years. Despite the title "State Treasury Note", they were issued by the State Bank of the USSR. More about the period “State treasury notes”, 1938
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1938
Specifications
- Period
- State treasury notes
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 145.0 × 70.0 mm
- Issuer
- Goznak
- Dominant color
- blue
- Watermark
- No
- Security thread
- No
- Demonetized
- Dec. 14, 1947
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Other items of the period
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1 ruble (1938)
Pick# 213
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3 rubles (1938)
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- 5 rubles (1938) Pick# 215
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