Ural franc

The Ural franc (Уральский франк) was a scrip issued in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg) in Russia in 1991 by a team of businessmen and politicians headed by Anton Bakov.

In 1991 the future of Russian state was uncertain and an idea for separate money was reasonable to maintain local economics, but was never implemented.

It is denied by involved people, primarily Bakov who participated in both: separate currency other than Russian Ruble was generally illegal by that time.

However, Bakov has assigned them a cryptocurrency status within the Binance blockchain network with the token Uralfranc[6] and declared that he might issue more coins if there is a demand.

The coin features a hand-drawn portrait of Bogdashko Toporok, a supposed 17th century ancestor of Bakov.