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100 Roubles
| Issuer | Tatarstan (Russia) |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Reference(s) | P#6 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in shades of pink and magenta on a fine guilloche underprint of repeating oval lozenges. To the left, a circular vignette bears the coat of arms of Tatarstan — a white mythical creature (Zilant) on a red field within a green border bearing the Cyrillic inscription ТАТАРСТАН. To the right, a stylised arch-shaped vignette contains an image of the Söyembikä Tower rising against radiating lines. A red serial number is printed across the upper centre, and the Cyrillic legend ТАТАРСТАН appears in large bold letterpress type along the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | ТАТАРСТАН (Translation: Tatarstan) |
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Tatarstan declared sovereignty in August 1990 and spent the following years pressing for recognition as a full subject of the Russian Federation with treaty-based autonomy — this note is a direct artifact of that push. The 1991 series was issued by the Tatar Republican Bank, not the Russian Central Bank, an act that was constitutionally ambiguous at best and politically pointed regardless.
The series never achieved the status of legal tender in any formally recognized sense. Tatarstan ultimately signed a bilateral power-sharing treaty with Moscow in February 1994 rather than pursuing outright independence, which rendered these notes a dead end — more political statement than functioning currency.