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2 Roubles Harbour porpoise
| Issuer | Crimea Republic (fantasy) |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a left-facing harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) depicted in profile relief against a stylised background of horizontal dashes representing water or a school of fish. The Cyrillic legend МОРСКАЯ СВИНЬЯ arcs along the upper periphery, and the Latin binomial PHOCOENA PHOCOENA curves along the lower periphery. The denomination 2 РУБЛЯ appears in the lower central field beneath the animal. A dotted border frames the inner design. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic/Latin |
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Crimea's ambiguous post-2014 political status generated a minor cottage industry of fantasy issues — pieces produced with no genuine monetary authority behind them, typically sold directly to collectors rather than circulated. The "Crimea Republic" designation appears on none of Russia's official minting records; the Central Bank of Russia assumed monetary authority over the peninsula following annexation, leaving no legal space for a separate Crimean issuing body.
Collector demand for novelty regional pieces keeps these in print.