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1 Rouble Withdrawal from Afghanistan
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ПРИДНЕСТРОВЬЕ ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК ПРИДНІСТРОВСЬКИЙ РЕСПУБЛІКАНСКИЙ БАНК БАНКА РЕПУБЛИКАНЭ НИСТРЯНЭ ОДИН РУБЛЬ 1 30 ЛЕТ ВЫВОДА СОВЕТСКИХ ВОЙСК ИЗ АФГАНИСТАНА (Translation: Transnistria, Transnistrian Republican Bank, One Ruble, 30 years of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Kitskansky Bridgehead Memorial Complex, rendered in brown and olive tones, with a tall obelisk monument and inscribed stone panels rising against a light sky, flanked by a tree. The numeral "1" appears in large format at lower right within a guilloche border, with the anti-counterfeiting warning legend printed in small letterpress at lower left. |
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Issued by the Transnistrian Republican Bank to commemorate the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan — an event of 1989, not 1945, which explains the deliberate dual dating. The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field references Victory Day symbolism embedded in the series, tying the Afghan campaign retrospectively to the broader Soviet martial narrative. Transnistria has used commemorative single-rouble notes as a regular vehicle for Soviet-era anniversaries since the 2000s, effectively treating low-denomination paper as a medal substitute.
The note holds no meaningful purchasing power in the unrecognised republic's own economy. It circulates primarily among collectors.