An electronics engineer from Novopolotsk won the competition for the best design project of the Transnistrian ruble special sign

May 31, Chisinau / Andrei Gusin - BELTA /. An electronics engineer from Novopolotsk, Yury Kolodny, has won the competition for the best design project of a graphic image (special symbol) of the Transnistrian ruble, which can be used in texts to briefly denote amounts in Transnistrian rubles, on price tags in stores, etc., the Transnistrian Republican Bank (TRB) informed a BELTA correspondent. Design projects were sent to the TRB from Transnistria, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. A total of 98 variants of the graphic image of the Transnistrian ruble were proposed. A special commission was created at the TRB to summarize the competition results. It included: the management of the Central Bank of Transnistria, experts from FSUE "Goznak" (Moscow, Russia), and authoritative representatives of the Transnistrian design community. As reported by the TRB, the winner's project meets all aesthetic requirements. The author justified his special symbol for the Transnistrian ruble as follows: "The design of the symbol incorporates the key letters of the monetary unit (Transnistrian ruble). It also features a characteristic double stroke used to denote currencies." The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of $500.