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1 Rouble Formation of Transnistria
| Issuer | Pridnestrovian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2007-2025 |
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| Size | 129 x 56 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a tall obelisk monument with an inscribed stele and a bare tree at its base, representing the Kitskansky Bridgehead Memorial Complex commemorating the 1944 military operations. The denomination numeral "1" appears at left and right in brown, with a red serial number in the upper centre-right field set against fine guilloche lacework. The lower left carries the standard counterfeit warning legend in Cyrillic. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Transnistria's paper roubles occupy a peculiar position in modern notaphily — they are issued by a central bank of a state unrecognised by any United Nations member, yet printed to a professional standard by a genuine commercial security printer in Bavaria. A. Hiller & Sohn is a legitimate firm with deep roots in security document production, and their involvement lends these notes a technical credibility that the issuing entity itself lacks under international law.
The Pridnestrovian Republican Bank has maintained continuous note production across multiple date ranges since the early 1990s, updating security features incrementally. The 2007 series introduction coincided with a broader redesign effort following years of ad hoc currency management after the 1992 war of separation from Moldova.