Catalog
1 Kopeck
| Issuer | Novorossiya Reserve Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of a double-headed eagle rendered in the Russian imperial heraldic tradition, holding a sickle and an ear of wheat in its talons, with a crossed-out coat of arms medallion at the center of the composition. The design is framed by ornamental guilloche borders, with the issuing authority and guarantee text arranged around the central motif. The denomination numeral and lettering appear at the lower portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | Центральный Республиканский Банк Билет обеспечен всеми активами Республики и обязателен к приему на всей ее территории 2014 1 БОНЕЙКА |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Novorossiya Reserve Bank was a declaratory institution of the self-proclaimed Novorossiya confederation — a political project announced in May 2014 by Russian-backed separatists seeking to unite the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. The confederation effectively collapsed before the end of 2015 without achieving meaningful political consolidation, and the bank never functioned as an operational central bank in any conventional sense.
These fractional kopeck notes were never placed into general circulation. They exist primarily as political artifacts — produced to signal monetary ambitions that the entity issuing them never had the infrastructure to realize. The square-ish format is itself unusual, pushing against every conventional proportion used for paper fractional currency.