Catalog
1000 Roubles
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Currency | First rouble (1994) |
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| Obverse lettering | БИЛЕТ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА СССР БАНКОВСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ЗОЛОТОМ, ДРАГОЦЕННЫМИ МЕТАЛЛАМИ И ПРОЧИМИ АКТИВАМИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА 1000 ТЫСЯЧА РУБЛЕЙ (Translation: Banknote of the State Bank USSR, Banknotes are backed by gold, precious metals, and other assets of the state bank, One Thousand Rubles) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Transnistria's 1994 rouble series emerged from one of the more peculiar monetary situations of the post-Soviet collapse — a breakaway republic, unrecognized by any UN member state, issuing its own currency for a territory wedged between Moldova and Ukraine. The Republican Bank had no access to established security printing infrastructure, and early notes in this series show it.
P#13 is the high denomination of a series notable for its relatively thin security features — a watermark alone, no metallic thread, no UV-reactive elements. Counterfeiting pressure on the 1000 Rouble value was real enough that the series was superseded quickly by coupon-format replacements and later redenomination issues.