Collection › Transnistria › #573
50 Rubles (front) / 1 Dollar (back) rubel
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Where & when
What's on the note
Front: The Palace of Soviets (or Supreme Soviet building) in Tiraspol, the administrative center of the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic). The note is inscribed 'ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ' (Fifty Rubles) and bears text stating it is issued by the Pridnestrovian Bank according to law. This building serves as the seat of the unrecognized territory's Supreme Soviet and has been featured on Transnistrian currency since the entity's self-declared independence from Moldova in 1990.
Back: The coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago at center, featuring the national motto 'Together We Aspire, Together We Achieve' on a scroll beneath a shield supported by two birds (hummingbirds). At left, the Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber), the national bird of Trinidad and Tobago. This is a One Dollar note issued by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago under the Central Bank Act Chapter 79:02, with serial number PB277615 and a signature of the Governor.
How it was made
Signatures: Governor: William Demas [back signature visible]
Where in the world
Geography unknown for Transnistria.
Background & history
This is a mismatched pair: the front is a 50-ruble note from the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria), a breakaway region of Moldova that declared independence in 1990 and issues its own currency (the Transnistrian ruble) not recognized internationally. The back is from a Trinidad and Tobago One Dollar note, likely from the 1970s–1980s series issued under Governor William Demas (who served 1974–1982). The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago was established in 1964, and this series references the Central Bank Act Chapter 79:02. The two images do not belong to the same banknote—they represent entirely different countries, currencies, denominations, and issuing authorities.
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How it came to me
Images appear to show two different banknotes photographed separately; condition cannot be assessed for a single coherent note.
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