50 Kopecks, Second All-Union Osoaviakhim Lottery

This copy

Accession

OM-00232

Serial

060 004976

Series year

1929

Actually issued

1929

Signatures

This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.

Grade

F (IBNS)

Edge tears, moderate wear. Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.

Estimated value

$3 indicative

Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-09-07.

Dimensions

194.5 × 127 mm (±2.1, from the scan)

The type

Type

50 Kopecks, Second All-Union Osoaviakhim Lottery

Printer

Not established

Rarity

common

Inscriptions

Obverse — the counterfeiting penalty

Подделка преследуется по закону

Counterfeiting is prosecuted by law

Symbology

Aeroplane, tractor and combine

Aviation and mechanised agriculture, the two things Osoaviakhim raised money for, over a skyline of world capitals.

«Осоавиахим — опора мирного труда и обороны СССР»

'Osoaviakhim, the support of peaceful labour and the defence of the USSR' - a paramilitary society funded by public lottery.

What was happening

A Soviet lottery ticket, and effectively a piece of currency. Tickets were numbered, printed in the millions and hard to forge, so in years when small change was scarce they changed hands as money. They were also propaganda: the prizes are listed on the face and the illustration shows what the proceeds were meant to build.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 50 Kopecks, Second All-Union Osoaviakhim Lottery in the collection.