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3 Roubles Saving life
| Issuer | Pridnestrovian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК 3 РУБЛЯ · 2021 · (Translation: Pridnestrovian Republican Bank 3 rubles) |
| Reverse description | The central field features a stylized composition of two open palms cradling a heart motif bearing a medical cross, symbolizing the act of saving lives. The inscription 'СОХРАНЯЯ ЖИЗНИ' is positioned in the lower portion of the field beneath the central device, rendered in Cyrillic lettering. The overall design is rendered in a clean, modern graphic style against a plain field. |
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Transnistria — officially unrecognized by any United Nations member state — issues coins through the Pridnestrovian Republican Bank as a function of asserting institutional identity rather than meeting any pressing monetary need. The 3 rouble denomination itself occupies an awkward middle position in the PMR's coinage system, used primarily for commemorative and thematic releases rather than everyday transactions.
This piece belongs to a series honoring emergency rescue and civil heroism, a recurring subject in Transnistrian commemorative policy throughout the 2010s and 2020s. Nickel-plated steel at this specification was the bank's standard commemorative substrate by this date, having moved away from the bimetallic and brass-plated issues of earlier decades.