1 ruble — Russian Federation (1995) — Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin
The Black Sea Bottle-Nosed Dolphin (Aphalina)

Obverse

Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov

Reverse

Designer/engraver: N.A. Nosov, L.S. Kamshilov

Special facts

A silver rouble of 1995 with the Black Sea bottlenose dolphin; dolphin hunting in the Black Sea was banned in the USSR as early as 1966.

About the period

The coins and banknotes of the Bank of Russia of 1992–1996 were the first money of the Russian Federation. They were issued in years of high inflation: denominations grew fast, and the metal of the coins got cheaper. More about the period “Bank of Russia”, 1992 — 1996

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1995

Other items of the period

• 1994
• 50 rubles (1994) — Russian Ballet Y# 429
• 50 rubles (1994) — Sable Y# 525
• 50 rubles (1994) — D.G. Levitsky Y# 531
• 100 rubles (1994) — Russian Ballet Y# 427
• 100 rubles (1994) — Sable Y# 526
• 100 rubles (1994) — V.V. Kandinsky Y# 532
• 150 rubles (1994) — Russian Ballet Y# 430
• 150 rubles (1994) — The First Russian Antarctic Expedition Y# 523
• 150 rubles (1994) — M.A. Vrubel Y# 533
• 200 rubles (1994) — Sable Y# 527
• 1995
• 1 ruble (1995) — Oriental Stork Y# 446
• 1 ruble (1995) — Caucasian Grouse Y# 447
• 1 ruble (1995) — Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin Y# 448
• 2 rubles (1995) — A.S. Griboyedov Y# 377
• 2 rubles (1995) — Victory Parade in Moscow Y# 391
• 2 rubles (1995) — Victory Parade in Moscow Y# 392
• 2 rubles (1995) — Nuremberg War Crime Trial Y# 393
• 2 rubles (1995) — S.A. Yessenin Y# 414
• 2 rubles (1995) — M.I. Kutuzov Y# 415
• 2 rubles (1995) — I.A. Bunin Y# 449
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Golden Gate, XIIth Century, Vladimir Y# 388
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Sleeping Beauty Y# 394
• 3 rubles (1995) — United Nations Y# 407
• 3 rubles (1995) — Smolensk Kremlin, 11th-18th Centuries Y# 445
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Wooden Architecture of Kizhi Y# 459

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