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Coins of 1988 — USSR

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

What happened in 1988

• The Law on Cooperatives allowed private cooperatives.
• The country marked the millennium of the Baptism of Rus, with a series of commemorative coins.
• The Buran shuttle made an uncrewed flight into space.
• The Spitak earthquake claimed tens of thousands of lives in Armenia.

Circulation coins 9

	1 kopeck — USSR (1961–1991) Y# 126 1988	+
	2 kopecks — USSR (1961–1991) Y# 127 1988	+
	3 kopecks — USSR (1961–1991) Y# 128 1988	+
	5 kopecks — USSR (1961–1991) Y# 129 1988	+
	10 kopecks — USSR (1961–1991) Y# 130 1988	+
	15 kopecks — USSR (1961–1991) Y# 131 1988	+
	20 kopecks — USSR (1961–1991) Y# 132 1988	+
	50 kopecks — USSR (1964–1991) Y# 133a.2 1988	+
	1 ruble — USSR (1964–1991) Y# 134a.2 1988	+

Commemorative coins 5

	1 ruble — USSR (1988) — Maxim Gorki Y# 209 mintage 3,775,000	+
	1 ruble — USSR (1988) — Leo Tolstoy Y# 216 mintage 3,775,000	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1988) — Leningrad - Peter the Great Monument Y# 217 mintage 1,675,000	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1988) — Millennium of Russia Y# 218 mintage 1,675,000	+
	5 rubles — USSR (1988) — St. Sophia Cathedral Y# 219 mintage 1,675,000	+

Collector coins 6

	3 rubles — USSR (1988) — St. Sophia Cathedral (Kiev) Y# 210 Moscow Mint, ММД	+
	3 rubles — USSR (1988) — Vladimir's Silver Coin (Srebrenik) Y# 211 Leningrad Mint, ЛМД	+
	25 rubles — USSR (1988) — Christianization of Rus Y# 212 Leningrad Mint, ЛМД	+
	50 rubles — USSR (1988) — Cathedral of St. Sophia (Novgorod) Y# 213 Moscow Mint, ММД	+
	100 rubles — USSR (1988) — Vladimir's Gold Coin (Zlatnik) Y# 214 Moscow Mint, ММД · mintage 14,000	+
	150 rubles — USSR (1988) — Tale of Igor's Campaign Y# 215 Leningrad Mint, ЛМД	+