TRANSNISTRIAN CENTRAL BANK DECORATES NEW BANKNOTES WITH SOVIET ORDER

On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the ‘Great October Socialist Revolution’ in Russia to be marked on November 7, the Transnistrian central bank has issued new commemorative banknotes with the face value of 1 Transnistrian ruble and 5 rubles. Their only distinction from the notes currently in circulation is the appearance of the USSR Order of the October Revolution. The number of the commemorative banknotes – 5,000 units each, and almost a half of them have been issued in the so-called ‘booklets’ – two banknotes in a set. Besides this, on the occasion of the Revolution anniversary, the bank has issued also a 10-ruble coin made of 92.5% silver. It has a weight of 15.55 grams, diameter of 33 millimeters and the amount of merely 250 pieces.