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3 Apsars Yutyrannus Huali
| Issuer | Bank of Abkhazia (Аҧснытәи Абанк) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a vivid full-color artistic reconstruction of a Yutyrannus huali in left-facing profile, occupying the central and right field. The dinosaur is depicted with green and brown striped integument and prominent feathered crests, rendered using applied color printing technology. A small human figure in traditional Central Asian dress stands in the lower left to provide scale. The upper portion of the field transitions to a monochrome engraved composition depicting a fossilized skeletal assemblage embedded in rock. The incuse Latin legend 'YUTYRANNUS HUALI' curves along the lower rim. |
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The apsar is a currency unit issued solely by the Bank of Abkhazia, a partially recognized breakaway republic whose independence is acknowledged by fewer than a handful of UN member states. These coins hold no practical monetary function — Abkhazia uses the Russian ruble in daily commerce — making the apsar series effectively a sovereign collectible program, issued with an eye on the international numismatic market rather than any domestic economy.
Yutyrannus huali, the subject here, was described formally in 2012 from specimens recovered in Liaoning Province, China. At roughly nine meters in length, it remains the largest known feathered dinosaur, inferred from preserved filamentous integument on all three holotype individuals.