Catalog
10 Kopecks
| Issuer | Transnistria |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic depicted in the centre of the field, featuring a Soviet-style design with a hammer and sickle above a rising sun, flanked by sheaves of wheat interspersed with ears of maize and grape clusters, bound by ribbons inscribed with the abbreviation ПМР on each side and РМЧ at the base. A five-pointed star surmounts the emblem. The circular Cyrillic legend ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКАЯ МОЛДАВСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА runs along the upper periphery, with the mint year 2005 inscribed in large numerals at the bottom of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКАЯ МОЛДАВСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА 2005 (Translation: Transnistrian Moldovan Republic) |
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Transnistria — the narrow strip of land between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border — has issued its own coinage since the early 2000s despite lacking recognition from any United Nations member state. The 2005 aluminium series replaced an earlier plastic token coinage, itself one of the more unusual monetary experiments in post-Soviet history; the plastic pieces had been introduced partly because metal was scarce and partly because the breakaway republic's industrial base, centered on the Cuciurgan power station and the Rîbnița steel works, was producing little of immediate use to a mint.
The aluminium issues were struck in limited quantities for a population of under half a million.