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row two from Georgia and one from Transnistria
second row Czech Republic and
two Serbian coins
next row: two Armenian coins
and then Croatia
finally two Ukrainian coins.
I put out a local request for
people to send in unwanted coins in aid of a charity. here are some interesting
coins mainly from eastern Europe. the coin from Transnistria interested me as I
could not identify it at first. The hammer and sickle looks Soviet Russian but
the 2005 date was post communist era.
It is an unrecognised
state that split off from Moldova after
the dissolution of the USSR and mostly
consists of a narrow strip of land between the river Dniester and
the territory of Ukraine.
After the dissolution
of the USSR, tensions between Moldova and the breakaway
Transnistrian territory escalated into a military conflict that
started in March 1992 and was concluded by a ceasefire in July of the same
year. As part of that agreement, a three-party (Russia, Moldova, Transnistria) Joint Control
Commission supervises the security arrangements in the demilitarised
zone, comprising twenty localities on both sides of the river.
Although the ceasefire has held, the territory's political status remains
unresolved: registration. It is the only country still using the hammer and sickle on its flag.
Coins from
Armenia and Ukraine you do not see every day! Amazing what you can find.
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