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1 Rouble African death's head hawkmoth
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic/Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Transnistria — the narrow strip of territory between Moldova and Ukraine that declared independence in 1990 but remains unrecognized by any UN member state — issues collector coins largely as a revenue mechanism, since the series carries no obligation of international acceptance. The African death's head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) coin belongs to a broader wildlife series that has attracted genuine collector interest precisely because the issuing authority's ambiguous status keeps the pieces outside mainstream cataloguing channels.
KM#297 is nickel plated steel rather than a precious metal — an unusual choice for a wildlife commemorative, and one that limits its secondary market ceiling considerably.