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1 Rouble Venera-3
| Issuer | Pridnestrovian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Composition | Nickel plated steel |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 РУБЛЬ ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК 2026 |
| Reverse description | At center, a relief depiction of the Soviet Venera-3 spacecraft is set against a star-filled field. To the left of the spacecraft, the planet Venus is shown in stylized relief. The upper legend reads "КОСМИЧЕСКАЯ ПРОГРАММА «ВЕНЕРА»" and the lower legend reads "ВЕНЕРА-3", both following the curve of the rim. |
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Venera-3, launched by the Soviet Union in November 1965, became the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet when it impacted Venus in March 1966 — though contact was lost before any data could be transmitted. Pridnestrovie has issued a consistent series of commemoratives honoring Soviet space achievements, a program that functions as much as national identity politics as numismatics: the unrecognized state uses these coins to project legitimacy and historical continuity with the USSR.
The 2026 date places this issue sixty years after the impact.