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| Issuer | Transnistrian Republican Bank |
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| Year | 2004-2012 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ПРИДНЕТРОВЬЕ ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК ПРИДНЕСТРОВСЬКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСЬКИЙ БАНК БАНКА РЕПУБЛИКАНЭ НИСТРЯНЭ ПРБ 500 ПЯТЬСОТ РУБЛЕЙ (Translation: Transnistria, Transnistrian Republican Bank, Five Hundred Rubles) |
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| Variants | P#41a - Error: Spelling of Ukrainian words in 3rd line from above on front as "ПPИДНЕСТРОВСЬКИЙ" & "РЕСПУБЛИКАНСЬКИЙ" P#41b - Corrected spelling of Ukrainian word in 3rd line from above on front as "ПPИДНIСТРОВСЬКИЙ" & "РЕСПУБЛIКАНСЬКИЙ" P#41c - 2004 / МОДИФИКАЦИЯ 2012 |
| Comments |
Transnistria's currency exists in a legal grey zone — the Transnistrian rouble is accepted nowhere outside the unrecognized republic, and no IMF member state acknowledges its monetary system. The 500-rouble denomination was introduced in the 2004 series as inflation made smaller notes increasingly impractical, a recurring pressure on an economy propped up largely by Russian subsidies and grey-market trade through the Moldovan border.
The 2012 date reflects a reissue within the same Pick number, not a redesign — minor security feature updates were made without altering the fundamental plate work.