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10 Apsars Hero-town Gudauta
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Abkhazia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Thickness | 3.3 mm |
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| Reverse description | In the upper mirror field, a mounted horseman rides a rampant horse against a backdrop of mountain peaks, evoking the heroic traditions of Abkhazia. To the right of the central motif appears a color-rendered medal «Hero of Abkhazia», while the town emblem of Gudauta is depicted in color to the left, both executed by pad printing with selective gold-plating. Below a decorative wavy line symbolizing the sea, the Abkhaz inscription «ГӘДОУҬА» (Gudauta) is inscribed. Along the circumference, a border of stars frames the semicircular Abkhaz legend «АҚАЛАҚЬ-ФЫРХАҴА» (Hero-town), completing the patriotic composition. |
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| Mint | Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date) |
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Gudauta served as a key rear-base town for Abkhazian forces during the 1992–1993 war with Georgia, and Russian military infrastructure there — including an airbase — played a significant role in the conflict's outcome. The "Hero-town" designation is a Soviet-inherited honorific, adapted by Abkhazian authorities to assert a distinct national memory separate from Georgian historiography.
The National Bank of Abkhazia issues coins that circulate almost entirely as collectibles; Abkhazia's de facto economy runs on Russian rubles. This series exists less as currency than as a sovereignty-signaling project for a state recognized by only a handful of UN members.