Trans-Dniester new 50-ruble note (B230a) confirmed introduced 20.05.2025

On 20 May 2025, the Trans-Dniester Republican Bank introduced this new 50-ruble note that is like the preceding issue (B231), but physically smaller and with enhanced security features, including a new winged security thread, different watermark portrait, and additional microtext. Furthermore, a QR code has been added to the left of the date on the front and there are now two flags (Principles of Moldavian Republic and Russian) atop the Parliament building on back.

B230 (PNL): 50 рублей (rubles) (US$4.50)
Green. Front: Russian text; poet Taras Shevchenko. Back: Russian text; Parliament building in Tiraspol. Winged windowed security thread with demetalized ПРБ. Watermark: Alexander Suvorov and electrotype ПРБ. Printer: (Trans-Dniester). 129 x 56 mm. Paper.
a. 2025. No sig. Prefix AA. Intro: 20.05.2025.

Courtesy of Matt Eagle, Vadim Tislenko, and Alex Zlotin.

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