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20 Rouble Ministry of Finance - Brown
| Issuer | Ministerul Finanțelor (Ministry of Finance) R.S.S. Moldova |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 20 Rouble |
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| Obverse description | Consumer ration card sheet of 28 individual coupons arranged in a grid, comprising 12 coupons of 1 ruble (upper portion) and 16 coupons of 50 kopecks (lower portion), each coupon inscribed 'R.S.S.M. CUPON DE' with denomination and month 'APRILIE'. The central coupon bears the issuing authority text 'R.S.S. MOLDOVA / 20 rub. / APRILIE / CARTELA CONSUMATORULUI' along with manuscript signature lines for conductor and chief accountant, and an applied circular official stamp of the Ministry of Finance Centre for Coupons R.S.S.M. The entire sheet is printed in brown on plain paper without ornamental underprint. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse showing a light bleed-through impression of the obverse coupon grid layout, with faint mirror images of the coupon inscriptions visible through the paper stock. No additional design elements, text, or security features are present on this side. |
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Moldova's 1992 transitional issues were printed before the National Bank had been formally constituted as a functioning central bank — the Ministry of Finance stepped in as issuing authority, an arrangement that was always intended to be temporary. This brown 20 Rouble cupon belongs to that first wave of Moldovan paper, issued as the republic severed monetary ties with the collapsing Soviet ruble zone.
Pick A15 is among the less frequently catalogued of the cupon series, with the "A" prefix reflecting its provisional status in the standard listing. Soviet-era printing infrastructure was still being used at this point.