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3 Roubles Comittee for State Security
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | A right-facing profile portrait of Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Soviet secret police, occupies the center of the field, rendered in low relief. The dates «1917» and «2017» appear to the left of the portrait, marking the centennial of the state security organs. A curved Cyrillic legend «ОРГАНАМ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ» arcs along the upper rim, and the inscription «* 100 ЛЕТ *» (100 Years) is positioned along the lower rim. |
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Transnistria's ongoing issuance of commemorative coinage — for a state unrecognized by any United Nations member — remains one of the more peculiar corners of modern numismatics. The Transnistrian Republican Bank has issued legal tender since 1993 despite the territory's ambiguous status following the 1992 war with Moldova. This piece honoring the KGB's successor agency reflects the government's deliberate cultivation of Soviet institutional nostalgia as a political identity, not mere sentiment.
The Committee for State Security of Transnistria operates as a direct organizational heir to the Moldavian SSR's KGB apparatus.