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10 Apsars 75th Anniversary of Victory
| Issuer | Bank of Abkhazia (Аҧсны Абанк) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Weight | 33.94 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a colorized reproduction of the wartime photograph entitled 'Mother' by army photojournalist S. Korotkov, depicting the Abkhazian woman Marushcha Pachulia holding a portrait photograph of her son Alexei Arshba, who died heroically in combat at Sevastopol in 1942. The years '1941' and '1945' are inscribed in the field, flanking the central image, commemorating the period of the Great Patriotic War. Below, the legend '75 шықәса' (75 years) appears in Abkhazian, marking the 75th anniversary of the Victory. |
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| Mintage | 2020 ММД - Prooflike - 100 |
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Abkhazia's issuing authority occupies a genuinely unusual position in numismatics: the Bank of Abkhazia produces legal tender for a state recognized by only a handful of UN members, Russia chief among them. The apsar series has functioned largely as a collectibles program since its inception, with pieces distributed primarily through the Russian numismatic market rather than circulating in Abkhazia itself, where the Russian ruble handles daily commerce.
The 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany — marked across the former Soviet space in 2020 — carried particular weight in Abkhazia given the republic's political and economic alignment with Moscow.