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5 Roubles October Revolution
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 5 Roubles (5 PRB) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of General Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1730–1800), founder of Tiraspol, at left center against a guilloche underprint. A commemorative overprint at right marks the centenary of the October Revolution. Bank name appears in Russian, Ukrainian, and Moldovan scripts across the upper register. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette shows the KVINT Distillery administrative building in a realistic engraved style set against a light guilloche underprint in shades of blue and violet. The denomination numeral 5 appears in the lower right corner, with the note value spelled out in Cyrillic along the upper right. A red serial number is printed in the upper right area. |
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The Transnistrian Republican Bank has issued a series of commemorative notes marking significant Soviet-era anniversaries, and this 5 Rouble piece belongs to that run. Transnistria's currency exists entirely outside international recognition — the rouble circulates only within a territory whose statehood no other UN member formally acknowledges, giving every issued note an unusual legal ambiguity from the moment it leaves the press.
The print date of 30 April 1945 is the commemorated event, not the production date — the day Soviet forces raised the flag over the Reichstag in Berlin, one day before Hitler's suicide.