USSR banknote Five Rubles 1991, uncirculated

USSR Five Rubles (СССР, Пять Рублей) banknote 1991 – the end of Perestroika period.

no obvious signs of circulation

The actual serial number may not match the photos

Issuer    Soviet Union (Russia)

Issuing bank       State Bank of the USSR

Period   Soviet Union (1922-1991)

Type      Standard banknote

Year       1991

Value     5 Roubles (5 SUR)

Currency             Government Bank Issue ‒ Rouble (1991)

Composition      Paper

Size        114 × 58 mm

Shape   Rectangular

Demonetized     31 December 1993

Obverse

State Emblem of the Soviet Union at top-left corner, the Spasskiy tower (Located in the Kremlin, Moscow) near centre, denomination and number 5 at centre.

Lettering:

Билет Государственного Банка СССР 5

Пять рублей

5

БАНКОВСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ЗОЛОТОМ, ДРАГОЦЕННЫМИ МЕТАЛЛАМИ И ПРОЧИМИ АКТИВАМИ ГОСУДАРТСВЕННОГО БАНКА

1991

ПЯТЬ

Translation:

State Bank of the USSR 5

Five roubles

5

Banknotes are backed by gold, precious metals and other assets of the State Bank 1991

Five

Reverse

Denomination and text in a decorative pattern

Lettering:

5 5 ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ

ПЯТЬ 5

ПОДДЕЛКА БИЛЕТОВ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА СССР ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ

Translation:

5 5

FIVE ROUBLES

FIVE

5

Forgery of banknotes from the State Bank of the USSR is punishable by law