Transnistrian Republican Bank
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Central bank
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is a public institution that usually issues the currency, regulates the money supply, and controls the interest rates in a country. Central banks often also oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries...
of Transnistria
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
. It issues its own currency, the Transnistrian ruble
Transnistrian ruble
The ruble is the official currency of Transnistria. It is divided into 100 kopecks. Since Transnistria is a state with limited international recognition, its currency has no ISO 4217 code. However, unofficially some Transnistrian organisations such as Agroprombank and Gazprombank used the code PRB...
and also a series of memorable gold- and silver coins, among them The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie
The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie
The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie is the name of a series of commemorative coins issued between 2001 and 2004 by the Transnistrian Republican Bank It consists of silver coins featuring the following notable natives of Transnistria:...
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In October 2006, the bank inaugurated a new headquarters of a size of 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) in Tiraspol
Tiraspol
Tiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River...
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