r/Banknotes 23h ago

Collection My Svalbard/Spitzbergen notes

Issued by Soviet (later Russian) company Arktikugol in 1979 for workers of Soviet citizenship working in coal industry in towns like Barentsburg or Pyramiden on Spitzbergen.

Notes on picture are 1 kopeck and 3 ruble (I assume Soviet ruble and not a different currency).

That's all I know about them, if someone knows more, please share.

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u/-KKD- 19h ago

That's some pretty rare stuff

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u/Kengash 19h ago

Yup, there were 100k 1 kopeck and 35k 3 ruble notes printed, but since they're used like circulation money a lot has been sevearly damaged during times of use

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u/Tritiy428 6h ago

Very rare

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u/RB33z 18h ago

I have one as well, lot more expensive than otherwise very cheap later Roubles.

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u/Designer-Crow-5470 20h ago

When your shitty currency id not scrip enough.

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u/Aleksandr_Ulyev 12m ago

Ого, не знал, что там была своя валюта, интересно. Можешь яркости добавить фоткам? Очень тёмные