Catalog
1 Rouble PMR Financial System
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Reference(s) | TBB#221 |
| Obverse description | The obverse carries a vignette of General Aleksandr Vasilievich Suvorov (1730–1800), founder of Tiraspol, set against a fine guilloche underprint; a commemorative overprint marking the 30th anniversary of the PMR Financial System is applied over the watermark area. Bank name inscriptions appear in Russian, Ukrainian, and Moldovan, with the denomination stated in full. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a central vignette of the Kitskansky Bridgehead Memorial Complex, comprising a tall obelisk and an open-book monument inscribed with commemorative text, set before a bare tree against a warm rose-toned guilloche underprint. The large numeral "1" appears at the lower right, and the denomination "ОДИН РУБЛЬ" is printed in bold at the upper right. A cautionary anti-counterfeiting legend runs along the lower left margin. |
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Transnistria's 2021 reissue of the 1 Rouble continues a paper series that the Transnistrian Republican Bank has maintained largely out of institutional habit — the denomination has almost no practical purchasing power and functions more as a monetary placeholder than a circulating instrument. The republic's currency remains unrecognized by any UN member state, which makes international printing contracts complicated; the notes in this series are understood to have been produced domestically or within the post-Soviet printing network, though confirmed press attribution is elusive.
A watermark-only security specification at this denomination reflects exactly how little counterfeiting pressure a 1 Rouble note attracts.