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25 Roubles
| Issuer | Transnistria |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Size | 124 × 62 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | БИЛЕТ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА СССР ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ БАНКОВСКИЕ БИЛЕТЫ ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮТСЯ ЗОЛОТОМ, ДРАГОЦЕННЫМИ МЕТАЛЛАМИ И ПРОЧИМИ АКТИВАМИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА 25 (Translation: Banknote of the State Bank USSR, Twenty-five Rubles, Banknotes are backed by gold, precious metals, and other assets of the state bank) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Transnistria's 1994 rouble series was effectively a second attempt at a functioning currency for a state that most of the world still refuses to recognize. The 1992 coupon issues had been provisional stopgaps; by 1994, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic was printing notes intended to function as a permanent national currency despite the unresolved political situation following the 1992 war with Moldova.
The watermark security on these notes is modest — appropriate for a nascent central bank operating under significant economic and diplomatic constraints. Counterfeiting was a real concern in the post-Soviet vacuum, where multiple competing currencies circulated simultaneously across the region.