10 rubles — Russian Federation (1996) — The Nutcracker

Obverse

Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov

Reverse

Designer/engraver: I.S. Komshilov

Special facts

Gold 10 roubles of 1996 with the Nutcracker dancing; for the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Tchaikovsky used the celesta for the first time in Russia.

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: 1996

Other items of the period

• 1996
• 2 rubles (1996) — Fedor Dostoyevsky Y# 515
• 3 rubles (1996) — The Church of Ilya the Prophet in Yaroslavl Y# 470
• 3 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy Y# 477
• 3 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy Y# 478
• 3 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 482
• 3 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 483
• 3 rubles (1996) — Kazan Kremlin Y# 490
• 3 rubles (1996) — Tobolsk Kremlin Y# 491
• 3 rubles (1996) — The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg Y# 510
• 3 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 511
• 3 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 512
• 3 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger Y# 535
• 10 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 484
• 25 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy Y# 479
• 25 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 485
• 25 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 486
• 25 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger Y# 536
• 25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 542
• 25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 543
• 25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 544
• 25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 545
• 50 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy Y# 480
• 50 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 487
• 50 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger Y# 537
• 50 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 546

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