100 Apsars

Abkhazia's currency exists in a peculiar legal vacuum — the apsar is not recognized by any UN member state outside Russia, and even within Abkhazia the Russian ruble functions as the de facto currency for daily transactions. The apsar circulates, if that word even applies, largely as a commemorative and collectible instrument rather than a working monetary unit.

Goznak's involvement is politically telling. The Moscow state printer producing notes for a breakaway territory that Russia officially recognizes as independent is a clean illustration of how Georgian sovereignty over the region remains, from Moscow's perspective, a settled question.