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5 Roubles National Currency
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Currency | Third rouble (2000-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ПРИДНЕСТРОВЬЕ ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК ПРИДНІСТРОВСЬКИЙ РЕСПУБЛІКАНСКИЙ БАНК БАНКА РЕПУБЛИКАНЭ НИСТРЯНЭ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ 5 (Translation: Transnistria, Transnistrian Republican Bank, Five Rubles) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a monochrome photographic image of the KVINT Distillery administrative building in Tiraspol, set within a fine guilloche border with ornamental corner devices. The denomination numeral '5' appears in large format to the lower right, with the value stated in text along the upper right. An anti-counterfeiting warning legend is printed in small Cyrillic text to the lower left. |
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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.