Para / 3 Dengi

These coins were struck not for Russian domestic circulation but for use in the Danubian Principalities — Moldavia and Wallachia — during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, when Russian forces occupied the region and needed a local coinage compatible with Ottoman monetary customs. The para was an Ottoman subdivision, and issuing coins in that denomination was a deliberate administrative choice to ease acceptance among a population accustomed to Turkish money.

Production ran at the Sadogura mint, a temporary facility established specifically for this occupation coinage near present-day Chernivtsi. The operation was short-lived, closing once Russian forces withdrew following the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca in 1774.