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25 Zarin Georgy Khetagurov
| Issuer | National Bank of South Ossetia |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Obverse description | At center, the coat of arms of the Republic of South Ossetia depicting a snow leopard passant before a stylized mountain range within a circular frame. The denomination '25 ЗÆРИНЫ' appears in the upper field, and 'НАЦИОНАЛОН БАНК' (National Bank) is inscribed along the lower arc. Additional legends encircling the central device include the state names in Ossetic and Russian scripts, the mint mark 'ММД', year '2018', and the fineness notation 'Ag 925 31,1'. |
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| Mintage | 2018 ММД - Prooflike |
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South Ossetia occupies one of the more unusual positions in world numismatics: a partially recognized state whose coins are legal tender nowhere in practical terms, issued by a "national bank" operating in a territory that uses the Russian ruble as its actual currency. These pieces are produced for the collector market, full stop.
Georgy Khetagurov was a 19th-century Ossetian poet and social reformer whose work in the Ossetian language helped standardize its literary form — a genuine cultural figure, not a manufactured nationalist symbol.