Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
15 Roubles 15th Anniversary of Transnistria
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The central field depicts the facade of the Republican Drama Theatre in Tiraspol, rendered in fine detail against an open field. Arcing across the upper portion of the coin is the inscription 'ПЯТНАДЦАТЬ ЛЕТ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ ПМР' (Fifteen Years of Formation of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic), while the city name 'ТИРАСПОЛЬ' (Tiraspol) appears below the central design. The founding and anniversary years '1990–2005' are inscribed in the lower exergue. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ПЯТНАДЦАТЬ ЛЕТ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ ПМР ТИРАСПОЛЬ 1990-2005 (Translation: Fifteen years of formation PMR (Transnistrian Moldovan Republic) Tiraspol) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Transnistria declared independence from Moldova in 1990 following a brief armed conflict in 1992 that left roughly 1,500 dead and the region effectively frozen as an unrecognized state backed by Russian troops. No UN member state recognizes Transnistrian sovereignty, yet the Transnistrian Republican Bank has issued gold coinage since the mid-1990s — legal tender within a territory that does not legally exist under international law.
At 156.4 grams of .999 gold, this is an unusually heavy commemorative for a microstate with a population under 500,000. Mintages for Transnistrian gold issues of this period are typically in the low hundreds.