Commemorative rubles of unrecognized Transnistria and coins of 85 countries found by Odesa customs officers under the guise of food: details
Kyiv • UNN
In a postal shipment from Israel to Ukraine disguised as cans, Odesa customs officers found a collection of 2,131 coins from 85 countries, including commemorative rubles of unrecognized Transnistria, dated from 1842 to the 2020s.
Odesa customs officers found a collection of coins of various denominations and years of manufacture from 85 countries in a mail shipment from Israel to Ukraine, disguised as food cans. This was reported by UNN with reference to the press service of the State Customs Service of Ukraine.
Details
In a postal shipment from Israel to Ukraine, Odesa customs officers found coins from 85 countries of the world, of various denominations and years of manufacture. The numismatic collection was hidden in seven metal cans, instead of the ones indicated on the labels of tea and sweets.
The collection includes coins from almost all European countries of different periods of time, as well as commemorative rubles of the self-proclaimed Transnistrian Moldavian Republic.
According to official information, 749 coins minted between 1842 and 1950 were found, as well as 1382 coins issued between 1951 and 2020.
From kreutzers and gellers of the Austrian Empire, Finnish pennies minted in 1917, and Dutch cents and guilders of the late nineteenth century to German marks and pfennigs, Norwegian eres, Irish and Icelandic krone, and Swiss rappens from the early twentieth century to the present day.
Odesa customs officers drew up a report on violation of customs rules under Part 1 of Article 483 of the Customs Code of Ukraine over the transportation of items with signs of cultural property concealed from customs control. Accordingly, the numismatic collection, which includes 2131 coins, was seized and sent for examination.
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