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1 ruble — USSR (1975) — Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Y# 142

Obverse
Obverse
Reverse
Reverse

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Special facts

A 1975 rouble for the 30th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The rouble was issued in about 15 million, and veterans received the jubilee medal “Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War”. It is the second Soviet coin for a Victory anniversary, after the rouble of 1965. It is one of the best-known Soviet jubilee roubles.

About the period

The currency reform of 1961 was a 10-to-1 redenomination: from 1 January 1961 old money was exchanged for new money of one tenth the face value. The coins and banknotes of the 1961 pattern circulated until the end of the Soviet Union. More about the period “1961 Monetary Reform”, 1961 — 1991

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1975

Specifications

Currency
1 ruble = 100 kopecks
Issue type
Commemorative
Metal
Brass (nickel)
Diameter
31.0 mm
Thickness
2.3 mm
Weight
12.8 g
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal (↑↑)

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Year Mint Mintage Price Proof Prooflike Details
1975 — 55,000 Estimate — — Proof Restrike. Y# 142.2 + ☆
1975 SPB 14,989,000 Estimate + + ЛМД. Y# 142.1 + ☆
SPB
Saint Petersburg Mint. The mint in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1724 in the Peter and Paul Fortress. It was called the Petrograd Mint in 1914–1924 and the Leningrad Mint in 1924–1991.
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