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| Issuer | Crimea Republic (fantasy) |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 3 Roubles |
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| Reverse description | A European herring gull (Larus argentatus) depicted in dynamic flight, wings fully extended and viewed from above-rear, rendered in fine engraved detail occupying the central field. The denomination 3 рубля appears in bold Cyrillic characters along the upper portion of the field. The scientific name Larus argentatus is inscribed in Latin script along the lower left, and the year 2014 is positioned at the bottom centre of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 3 рубля Larus argentatus 2014 |
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Produced in the chaotic weeks following Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014, this piece belongs to a wave of fantasy issues that briefly flooded the novelty market capitalizing on the peninsula's ambiguous political status. No "Crimea Republic" ever held monetary authority — the territory was administered under Russian federal law almost immediately — making this a souvenir strike with no legal tender basis anywhere.