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10 Roubles Culture and Art
| Issuer | Bank of Pridnestrovie |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Diameter | 33 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an allegorical composition celebrating the arts, rendered in fine relief against a contrasting field. At center, a pair of folk dancers in traditional costume perform a lively dance. In the upper left, a classical lyre symbolizes music, while flowing musical staves and a bass clef curl across the lower field. To the upper right, comedy and tragedy theatrical masks are depicted. The overall design integrates these artistic motifs in a dynamic, harmonious arrangement. |
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| Mintage | 2021 - - 20 |
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Pridnestrovie — the narrow strip of territory along the eastern bank of the Dniester River — has operated as an unrecognised state since declaring independence from Moldova in 1990, a conflict that turned briefly but bloodily hot in 1992. The Bank of Pridnestrovie issues commemorative coinage despite the territory lacking UN membership or recognition from any UN member state, making these pieces legally anomalous: struck with full numismatic infrastructure but no standing in international monetary law.
KM#450 falls within a recurring cultural series the bank has issued across multiple years. Collector demand comes almost entirely from specialists in post-Soviet unrecognised entities — a narrow but dedicated field.