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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 7459260, member: 22377"]Rounding out the Moldovan entities (the other being Transnistria), here is a fantasy piece from Gagauzia. The Gagauz people are a Turkic group who are mainly Eastern Orthodox Christians. When the Soviet Union fell, they were concerned with Moldova moving towards a Romanian culture and language, and thus declared independence. The Parliament of Moldova granted some concessions in 1994 and allowed Gagauzia to become an autonomous territory. This kept relations relatively calm until another contentious moment came when Moldova began contemplating joining the European Union in 2014. The Gagauz saw this as Moldova surrendering its own independence which in turn gave them the right to declare their own. In a referendum a vast majority voted to move apart from Moldova and integrate with a Russian led coalition. </p><p><br /></p><p>Country: <b>Gagauzia </b></p><p>Face value: <b>10 Para</b></p><p>Year: <b>2018</b></p><p>Composition: <b>Aluminum</b></p><p>Diameter (mm): <b>24 mm</b></p><p>Mintage: <b>Unknown</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1292696[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292697[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 7459260, member: 22377"]Rounding out the Moldovan entities (the other being Transnistria), here is a fantasy piece from Gagauzia. The Gagauz people are a Turkic group who are mainly Eastern Orthodox Christians. When the Soviet Union fell, they were concerned with Moldova moving towards a Romanian culture and language, and thus declared independence. The Parliament of Moldova granted some concessions in 1994 and allowed Gagauzia to become an autonomous territory. This kept relations relatively calm until another contentious moment came when Moldova began contemplating joining the European Union in 2014. The Gagauz saw this as Moldova surrendering its own independence which in turn gave them the right to declare their own. In a referendum a vast majority voted to move apart from Moldova and integrate with a Russian led coalition. Country: [B]Gagauzia [/B] Face value: [B]10 Para[/B] Year: [B]2018[/B] Composition: [B]Aluminum[/B] Diameter (mm): [B]24 mm[/B] Mintage: [B]Unknown[/B] [B] [ATTACH=full]1292696[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1292697[/ATTACH] [/B][/QUOTE]
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