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1 Rouble European green woodpecker
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Two European green woodpeckers (Picus viridis) are depicted in high relief against a textured tree-trunk background occupying the center field: one bird is perched upright on the left side of the trunk in a characteristic clinging posture, while the other is shown in full flight with wings spread to the right. The upper legend 'КРАСНАЯ КНИГА ПРИДНЕСТРОВЬЯ' (Red Book of Transnistria) curves along the top periphery, and the lower legend 'ЗЕЛЁНЫЙ ДЯТЕЛ – PICUS VIRIDIS' is inscribed along the bottom, flanked by small floral ornaments. The naturalistic design is rendered in fine detail, capturing the plumage and wing structure of the species. |
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| Mintage | 2018 - - 50,000 |
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Transnistria's rouble coinage occupies a genuinely odd corner of numismatics — issued by a state unrecognized by any United Nations member, backed by a central bank with no international standing, yet produced to consistent technical specifications since the early 1990s. The wildlife series these woodpecker roubles belong to circulated alongside Soviet-era nostalgia issues and political commemoratives in a cash economy that remains largely isolated from global finance.
The European green woodpecker is native to the forests along the Dniester valley, which gives the subject at least genuine regional relevance.