39 mm diameter, 33.85 g, silver 92.5%, reeded edge Obverse: denomination "5 RUBLEI" (Cyrillic), gilded 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 2008, at left mintmarks, at right the silver fineness - Ag 925	Reverse: gilded image of the Romanov imperial family (after a vintage photo from 1913), inscription "GOD SEMII 2008" (Russian, Cyrillic letters) meaning "YEAR OF THE FAMILY", at right the coat of arms of the Czarist Empire Mintage: 1000 coins

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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.