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5 Ruble and 10 Ruble Plastic Coins of Transnistria

Written By S Navaneethan Ramanujam on Sunday, Apr 05, 2020 | 11:24 PM

 
These are 5 Ruble and 10 Ruble Coins from Transnistria released in 2014 making them the only plastic coins in actual circulation. Transnistria improvised by minting plastic coin due to their shortage of metals and minted of small denomination. The 5 Ruble coin is a Pentagonal in shape weighing 1 gram with 28.6 mm diameter and 1.2 mm thickness. On the obverse, Portrait of Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky at center, microtext and "series AA" and denomination to the left with Bank name below. The 10 Ruble coin is a Hexagonal in shape weighing 0.9 gram with 28 mm diameter and 1.2 mm thickness. On the obverse, Portrait of  Catherine the Great at center, microtext and "series AA" and denomination to the left with Bank name below. At the reverse of both the coins, Bank logo, year and denomination in words repeated as a pattern over the coin with translated lettering PRB (Transnistrian Republican Bank). #PlasticCoins #TransnistriaCoins Hope you liked the video. Share, Support & Subscribe! ----------------------------- 👉 Like on Facebook: https://www.fb.com/CoinCollectionsPage 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coincollections/ 👉 Visit Numismatics Blog: https://numismaticscollections.blogspot.com/ 👉 Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoinsTalk/ 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@navaneethanramanujam 👉 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/numismatics-collections -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Rs 400 Coin Proof Wooden Set of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji" at 👉 https://youtu.be/RhAeU4j1axw -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-