Catalog
5 Roubles National Currency
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Size | 129 × 56 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette portrays General Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1730–1800), founder of Tiraspol, set against a guilloche underprint in muted tones. A commemorative stamp is printed to the right of the portrait. Issuing authority inscriptions appear in Russian, Ukrainian, and Moldovan across the upper and lower registers. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ПОДДЕЛКА БИЛЕТОВ ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКОГО БАНКА ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ (Translation: Five Rubles, Forgery of the banknotes of the Bank of Transnistria is punishable by law) |
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Transnistria's banknotes occupy a peculiar position in numismatics: issued by a state unrecognized by any United Nations member, they function as legal tender within a territory that officially, under international law, does not exist as a sovereign entity. The Republican Bank operates as a fully functional central bank regardless, setting monetary policy for roughly 470,000 people along a narrow strip of the Dniester's left bank.
The 2014 date marks a reissued series rather than a redesign — the underlying note architecture was established earlier, with the 2014 printing introduced primarily to update security features. Paper composition was retained despite periodic discussions within the bank about polymer substrates.