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50 000 Roubles
| Issuer | Pridnestrovskiy Bank (Transnistrian Bank) |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ПРИДНЕСТРОВЬЕ 50000 ВЫПУСК 1996 ГОДА КУПОН 50000 РУБЛЕЙ БАНКА НИСТРЯНЭ ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ БАНК ПРИДНІСТРОВСЬКИЙ БАНК (Translation: Transnistria, Issued year 1996, Coupon, 50,000 Rubles, Bank of Transnistria) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Parliament building in Tiraspol rendered in blue intaglio-style print, surrounded by an intricate guilloche underprint with rosette and arabesque ornaments. The large denomination numeral "50000" occupies the left field, with the spelled-out value in Cyrillic below the building; a decorative rosette medallion and floral ornament appear on the right margin. An overprint oval cartouche with Cyrillic text is visible at the lower centre. |
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Transnistria's 1996 high-denomination issues reflect the hyperinflationary spiral that had already forced the breakaway republic to redenominate once and would do so again. The Pridnestrovskiy Bank operated without recognition from any United Nations member state — a status that has never changed — meaning these notes circulated as legal tender within a territory that, by international law, does not exist.
P#30 belongs to a short-lived series that was quickly superseded by the 1994-dated kuponi issues and later redenomination schemes. Surviving notes often show heavy handling wear, consistent with real transactional use rather than collector hoarding.