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| Issuer | Transnistria |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The denomination rendered in the multiple official languages of the Soviet Union arranged in columns at right, within a multicolor guilloche underprint. A cautionary legend against counterfeiting appears within an ornamental cartouche at lower left. The overall design is printed in red and green tones on a fine-line geometric background. |
| Reverse lettering | СССР ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ПОДДЕЛКА БИЛЕТОВ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА СССР ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ПО ЗАКОНУ ДЕСЯТЬ КАРБОВАНЦІВ•ДЗЕСЯЦЬ РУБЛЁЎ ЎН СЎМ•ОН СОМ•ათი მანეთი ОН МАНАТ•DEŠIMT RUBLIŲ•ЗЕЧЕ РУБЛЕ DESMIT RUBĻU•ОН СОМ•ДАҲ СЎМ•ՏԱՍ ՌՈՒԲԼԻ•ОН МАНАТ•KÜMME RUBLA (Translation: USSR TEN ROUBLES COUNTERFEITING NOTES OF THE STATE BANK OF THE USSR IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW TEN ROUBLES [in all official languages of the USSR]) |
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Transnistria's first rouble series, introduced after the breakaway republic declared independence from Moldova in 1990, was produced under extremely constrained circumstances. The printing date of 30 April 1994 — formatted in the local convention as 30.04.1945, which has caused persistent misreading among collectors — places these notes squarely in the chaotic early period when the unrecognised state was simultaneously fighting for survival and building financial infrastructure from scratch.
No major security printing house was involved. The notes are notoriously crude by contemporary standards, and early issues suffered from poor ink adhesion.