Transnistria — the narrow strip of land between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border that declared independence from Moldova in 1990 but remains unrecognized by any United Nations member state — issues coins primarily as collector pieces, since the Russian ruble circulates alongside the official Transnistrian ruble in daily commerce. The 2020 date places this squarely within the 75th anniversary commemorations of the Soviet victory in World War II, a date Moscow treated as a major propaganda occasion across the former Soviet sphere.
KM#406 is one of several issues the Transnistrian Republican Bank released for the occasion.
Transnistria — the narrow strip of land between the Dniester River and the Ukrainian border that declared independence from Moldova in 1990 but remains unrecognized by any United Nations member state — issues coins primarily as collector pieces, since the Russian ruble circulates alongside the official Transnistrian ruble in daily commerce. The 2020 date places this squarely within the 75th anniversary commemorations of the Soviet victory in World War II, a date Moscow treated as a major propaganda occasion across the former Soviet sphere.
KM#406 is one of several issues the Transnistrian Republican Bank released for the occasion.