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500 Roubles
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2004-2012 |
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| Reference(s) | P#41 |
| Obverse description | Centre vignette presents a portrait of Empress Catherine II of Russia (1729–1796), the longest-reigning female ruler of the Russian Empire. The issuing authority name appears in three languages — Russian, Ukrainian, and Moldovan — across the upper and lower margins, alongside the bank abbreviation PRB and the denomination 500 in large numerals. Guilloche underprint patterns frame the central design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a reproduction of the imperial decree issued by Catherine II establishing the city of Tiraspol, accompanied by an architectural plan of the original fortress. The denomination 500 and the anti-counterfeiting warning inscription appear within the overall design, framed by fine guilloche ornamental patterns. |
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Transnistria's currency exists in a legal grey zone — the Transnistrian rouble is accepted nowhere outside the unrecognized republic, and no IMF member state acknowledges its monetary system. The 500-rouble denomination was introduced in the 2004 series as inflation made smaller notes increasingly impractical, a recurring pressure on an economy propped up largely by Russian subsidies and grey-market trade through the Moldovan border.
The 2012 date reflects a reissue within the same Pick number, not a redesign — minor security feature updates were made without altering the fundamental plate work.