32 mm diameter, 14.14 g, silver 92.5%, flat edge Obverse: denomination "10 RUBLEI" (Cyrillic), coat of arms of the self proclaimed republic of Transnistria (bearing hammer and sickle), inscription "PRIDNESTROVSKII RESPUBLIKANSKII BANK" (in Cyrillic and Russian) meaning "[TRANS] NISTRIAN REPUBLICAN BANK", year 2009, at left mintmarks, at right the silver fineness - Ag925	Reverse: a mute swan, a book - the Red Book, inscriptions "KRASNAIA KNIGA PRIDNESTROVIIA" and "LEBEDI SHIPUN" (with Cyrillic letters, in Russian) meaning "RED BOOK OF [TRANS]NISTRIA" and "MUTE SWAN", and, with Latin letters, the scientific name of the swan, CYGNUS OLOR; near letter L from OLOR ensign Mintage: 500 coins
32 mm diameter, 14.14 g, silver 92.5%, flat edge Obverse: denomination "10 RUBLEI" (Cyrillic), coat of arms of the self proclaimed republic of Transnistria (bearing hammer and sickle), inscription "PRIDNESTROVSKII RESPUBLIKANSKII BANK" (in Cyrillic and Russian) meaning "[TRANS] NISTRIAN REPUBLICAN BANK", year 2009, at left mintmarks, at right the silver fineness - Ag925	Reverse: common snowdrops, a book - the Red Book, inscriptions "KRASNAIA KNIGA PRIDNESTROVIIA" and "PODSNEJNIK SNEJNYI" (with Cyrillic letters, in Russian) meaning "RED BOOK OF [TRANS]NISTRIA" and "SNOW SNOWDROP", and, with Latin letters, the scientific name of the common snowdrop, GALANTHUS NIVALIS L. near letter H from GALANTHUS ensign Mintage: 500 coins

The scientific name of the common snowdrop on the coin is Galanthus nivalis L. - where L is the initial letter of the name of the Swedish scientist Linné, who described the species in 1753.

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Why Transnistrian Coins on Romanian Coins?

Because Transnistrian coins are held in their pockets and used as such by Romanian speaking Romanians on their native land.