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| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A central oval vignette encloses an intaglio view of the Grand Kremlin Palace and Kremlin tower in Moscow, framed by fine guilloche scrollwork. The large numeral "50" appears below the vignette in bold relief lettering, with the denomination spelled out in all official languages of the Soviet Union arranged in three lines beneath. A multicolour underprint of stylised foliate forms in green, yellow, and orange fills the field, with serial numbers printed twice at left and right. |
| Reverse lettering | СССР 50 ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ П`ЯТДЕСЯТ КАРБОВАНЦІВ • ПЯЦЬДЗЕСЯТ РУБЛЁЎ • ЭЛЛИК СЎМ • ЕЛУ СОМ • ორმოცდაათი მანეთი • ӘЛЛИ МАНАТ • PENKIASDEŠIMT RUBLIŲ • ЧИНЧИЗЕЧЬ ДЕ РУБЛЕ • PIECESMIT RUBĻU • ЭЛҮҮ СОМ • ПАНҶОҲ СӮМ • ՀԻՍՈՒՆ ՌՈՒԲԼԻ • ЭЛЛИ МАНАТ • VIISKÜMMEND RUBLA ПОДДЕЛКА БИЛЕТОВ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА СССР ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ (Translation: USSR, Fifty Rubles, Forgery of the notes of the State Bank of the USSR is punishable by law) |
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Transnistria declared independence from Moldova in 1990, and the Transnistrian Republican Bank began issuing its own currency as the breakaway republic sought to operate a functioning economy under an internationally unrecognised government. The 1994 series replaced earlier coupon-style notes that had served as a stopgap currency in the republic's first years.
The printed date 30.04.1945 has nothing to do with production — it is a commemorative date marking the Soviet victory in World War II, a deliberate political signal embedded in the note's design rather than a printing record.