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10 Roubles
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Reference(s) | P#2 |
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| Obverse lettering | БИЛЕТ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА СССР 10 ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ БАНКОВСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ЗОЛОТОМ, ДРАГОЦЕННЫМИ МЕТАЛЛАМИ И ПРОЧИМИ АКТИВАМИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА (Translation: Banknote of the State Bank USSR, Ten Rubles, Banknotes are backed by gold, precious metals, and other assets of the state bank) |
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| Protection description | Repeated star pattern watermark |
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Transnistria declared independence from Moldova in 1990, and this note was issued by a breakaway state that remains unrecognized by any United Nations member. The Transnistrian Republican Bank was established to manage a currency for a territory running on Soviet institutional inertia, and the early ruble series reflects that improvised origin — these were functional instruments for a state that officially did not exist.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field almost certainly refers to a serial date code or catalog artifact rather than the literal press date, which would predate the republic by 45 years.