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100 Roubles Papillon machaon
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#77, KM#136 |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a finely detailed naturalistic depiction of a Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) shown in flight above a spray of flowering plants rendered in relief. A caterpillar is depicted crawling along a flower stalk in the lower field, completing the lifecycle motif. The Cyrillic legend 'МАХАОН' arcs along the upper periphery, while the Latin binomial 'PAPILIO MACHAON' is inscribed completing the circular legend around the lower portion of the design. |
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Transnistria — the narrow strip of land between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border that declared independence from Moldova in 1990 but remains unrecognized by any United Nations member state — issues coins through its Republican Bank as an assertion of administrative autonomy rather than from any internationally sanctioned monetary authority. Its collector series, including this butterfly issue, circulate almost exclusively in the numismatic market rather than through any genuine commercial exchange.
The dual KM reference reflects a cataloging correction between editions, not a genuine variety.