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10 Roubles
| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Size | 129 × 56 mm |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the note is dominated by a portrait vignette of General Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (1730–1800), founder of Tiraspol, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '10' is repeated vertically along the left margin, while the value inscription 'ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ' is rendered in bold lettering to the right of centre. The bank monogram 'ПРБ' occupies the upper right corner, with the issue year '2000' printed at the lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Transnistria's paper currency has always operated in a strange political limbo — the Transnistrian Rouble is issued by a central bank of a state recognized by no UN member. The 2000 series, of which this note is part, replaced an earlier coinage-based system that itself had replaced Soviet-era coupon money. The progression happened fast, inside a decade, driven by the frozen-conflict economy that followed the 1992 war with Moldova.
The security specification for this denomination is modest — watermark and thread only, no optically variable features — consistent with a low-value note in a low-volume print run serving a population of roughly half a million.