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25 Zarin 35 Years of Independence
| Issuer | National Bank of South Ossetia |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 25 Zarin |
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| Reverse description | Against a mirror-polished black field, the lower portion of the heptagonal flan features a detailed relief view of the Parliament building of the Republic of South Ossetia, with a flagpole and flag rising from its roofline. Centred above the building is a coloured commemorative medallion element: a gold-enamelled sunburst rosette surrounding a red enamel disc bearing the numeral 35 in white, denoting the 35th anniversary of independence. The legend РЕСПУБЛИКӔ ХУССАР ИРЫСТОН (Republic of South Ossetia in Ossetian) is inscribed in a broad arc across the upper field. The founding and commemorative years 1990 and 2025 flank the flagpole in the mid-field. Ornate Ossetian scrollwork borders frame all seven sides of the flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | РЕСПУБЛИКӔ ХУССАР ИРЫСТОН 35 1990 2025 |
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South Ossetia has no internationally recognized monetary system — it uses the Russian ruble in daily commerce — which means the National Bank of South Ossetia functions primarily as an issuer of collector pieces rather than a central bank in any conventional sense. These coins are not legal tender in any jurisdiction with formal recognition beyond Russia's 2008 acknowledgment of South Ossetian independence, itself the direct consequence of the five-day war with Georgia that August.
The 35-year count dates independence to 1990, when the South Ossetian Soviet declared sovereignty within the USSR — not to 2008.