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Coins of 1953 — USSR

Flag: Flag of the USSR (1923–1991) Coat of arms: Emblem of the USSR with sixteen ribbons (1946–1956) Anthem: State Anthem of the Soviet Union (1944–1977)

What happened in 1953

• Joseph Stalin died.
• An amnesty freed about 1.2 million prisoners.
• The USSR tested its first hydrogen bomb.
• The new Moscow University building on the Lenin Hills opened, and Nikita Khrushchev was elected First Secretary.

Circulation coins 7

	1 kopeck — USSR (1948–1957) Y# 112 1953	+
	2 kopecks — USSR (1948–1956) Y# 113 1953	+
	3 kopecks — USSR (1948–1957) Y# 114 1953	+
	5 kopecks — USSR (1948–1956) Y# 115 1953	+
	10 kopecks — USSR (1948–1956) Y# 116 1953	+
	15 kopecks — USSR (1948–1956) Y# 117 1953	+
	20 kopecks — USSR (1948–1956) Y# 118 1953	+