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1992-1994 200 Rubles Soviet Russia / Transnistrian Banknote, Stamped Grades Choice AU/BU Slider

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1992-1994 200 Rubles Soviet Russia / Transnistrian Banknote, Stamped Grades Choice AU/BU Slider
1992-1994 200 Rubles Soviet Russia / Transnistrian Banknote, Stamped Grades Choice AU/BU Slider. After being formed in 1990, but before issuing its own Rubles in 1994, the internationally unrecognized state of Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic) continued to use Soviet Rubles. As the Soviet Ruble was replaced in all other ex-Soviet states by local currency, Transnistria was flooded with currency. To avoid a hyperinflation event and financial catastrophe, the Transnistrian government bought used Goznak-printed Soviet and Russian notes dated 1961–1992 and modified these notes by applying adhesive stamps bearing the image of General Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, founder of Tiraspol, and the notes' corresponding denomination. Currently, Transnistria is a polity with no credible international recognition and its territory is formally part of Moldova, so its currency has no ISO 4217 code, and thus Transnistria cannot participate in any card payment processing network. Transnistria is often considered "the last bastion of the Soviet Union".