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1 Rouble Venera-1
| Issuer | Pridnestrovian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a relief depiction of the Soviet Venera-1 spacecraft surrounded by stars. To the left of the spacecraft, the planet Venus is rendered in relief. A circumferential legend arcs around the upper rim reading 'КОСМИЧЕСКАЯ ПРОГРАММА «ВЕНЕРА»', with the inscription 'ВЕНЕРА-1' positioned along the lower rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Venera-1, launched by the Soviet Union in February 1961, was the first spacecraft ever aimed at another planet. It lost contact with Earth just seven days into the mission and flew past Venus without returning data — a failure by any operational measure, though the launch itself was an undeniable first. Pridnestrovie, the unrecognised breakaway territory between Moldova and Ukraine, has issued space-themed coinage for years, partly as a soft-power exercise in projecting cultural legitimacy through Soviet nostalgia.
This 2026 issue postdates the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a conflict that has placed Pridnestrovie in an acutely precarious position given its geographic isolation from Russia.