5 Roubles, USSR, 1991

This copy

Accession

OM-00257

Serial

АЕ 8321482

Series year

1991

Actually issued

1991

Signatures

This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.

Grade

VF (IBNS)

Light wear, clean. 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

100.5 × 57 mm (±1.6, from the scan)

The type

Type

5 Roubles, USSR, 1991

Printer

Not established

Rarity

very common

Inscriptions

Obverse — what stands behind it

Банковские билеты обеспечиваются золотом, драгоценными металлами и прочими активами Государственного банка

Bank notes are secured by gold, precious metals and the other assets of the State Bank

Symbology

State arms

The union arms, months before the union was dissolved.

What was happening

The last Soviet series, printed as the union dissolved. The Pavlov reform of January 1991 withdrew the 50 and 100 rouble notes at two days' notice to destroy savings held in cash; these are the replacements, issued into an economy that had months to live.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 5 Roubles, USSR, 1991 in the collection.