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20 Roubles Valentina Tereshkova
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Full-color applied design depicting a portrait of Valentina Tereshkova in a Soviet space helmet bearing the inscription CCCP, rendered in a photographic style against a vivid colorized background showing the curvature of the Earth from orbit with atmospheric hues of blue and amber. The legend 55 ЛЕТ ПОЛЕТА ПЕРВОЙ ЖЕНЩИНЫ-КОСМОНАВТА arcs along the upper periphery in Cyrillic, commemorating the 55th anniversary of her historic spaceflight. The signer's name В.В. ТЕРЕШКОВА appears vertically along the left field. The overall design employs color printing technology over the proof-like silver surface to create a striking commemorative portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | 55 ЛЕТ ПОЛЕТА ПЕРВОЙ ЖЕНЩИНЫ-КОСМОНАВТА В.В. ТЕРЕШКОВА (Translation: 55 years of flight of the first woman-cosmonaut V. V. Tereshkova) |
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Transnistria — the narrow strip of land between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border, unrecognized by any United Nations member state — issues collector coinage through its Republican Bank as a matter of soft diplomacy and revenue, with no pretense of broad circulation. This piece honors Tereshkova's 1963 Vostok 6 mission, which made her the first woman in space and remains, to this day, the only solo spaceflight by a woman ever completed.
The Soviet space program's decision to fly her was partly political theater, timed to upstage any American plans for a female astronaut — a follow-up female mission was canceled shortly after.