FX145

SOVIET UNION
Value

5 Rubley
Issued by

Bank dlya Vneshney Torgovli SSSR (Bank for Foreign Trade of the USSR) - VNESHTORGBANK &
Bank Vneshne-Economitcheskoy Deyatel'nosti SSR (Bank for Foreign Economy of the USSR) - VNESHEKONOMBANK
Date

1985 & 1989
Purpose

for use of capitalist passengers on Soviet cruise vessels

Cruise ship "Shota Rustaveli" (later "Assedo"; built 1968, broken up 2003 in Alang, India)
IMO Nr. 6707753

  
FX145a

1985
issued by VNESHEKONOMBANK

FX145b

1989
issued by: VNESHTORGBANK

 
MV "Shota Rustaveli" in Auckland, New Zealand, 1975
(photo taken by Mr. Mike Cornwall, courtesy Mr. Chris Howell, Auckland)		 MV "Assedo" (ex "Shota Rustaveli") passing the Dardanelles, 2001

 

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