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100 Roubles Mikhail Larionov
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic is prominently displayed in the center of the field, rendered in fine relief. The emblem features a hammer and sickle beneath a five-pointed star, flanked by sheaves of wheat, with a rising sun motif at its base and a ribbon below. The circular legend ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК arcs along the upper periphery in Cyrillic characters, while the denomination 100 РУБЛЕЙ appears along the lower edge, flanked by decorative dots. The date 2001 is positioned in the lower central field beneath the emblem. |
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| Obverse lettering | ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК 2001 • 100 РУБЛЕЙ • (Translation: Transnistrian Republican Bank 100 Rubles) |
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Transnistria declared independence from Moldova in 1990, a separation that remains unrecognized by any United Nations member state. The Transnistrian Republican Bank nonetheless issued commemorative coinage through the early 2000s, functioning as a de facto central bank for a territory running on a parallel economy propped up largely by Russian political and military support.
Mikhail Larionov, the Russian avant-garde painter credited with founding Rayonism, spent most of his adult life in Paris after emigrating in 1915 — making him an unusual honoree for a breakaway Soviet successor state asserting its own cultural identity.