100 rubles — Russian Federation (1996) — Siberian Tiger
Y# 539
Obverse
Designer/engraver: L.A. Vitte, A.A. Kolodkin
Reverse
Designer/engraver: D.Y. Perepelkin
Special facts
Gold 100 roubles of 1996 with an Amur tiger arching its back; it is the only tiger adapted to life in the snow: in winter it is protected by thick fur and a heavy layer of fat.
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
Specifications
- Period
- Bank of Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Series
- Protect Our World (82 in the series)
- Mint mark
- Leningrad Mint
- Metal
- Gold
- Fineness
- 999
- Precious metal weight
- 15.704 g
- Diameter
- 30.0 mm
- Thickness
- 1.5 mm
- Weight
- 15.72 g
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Reeded — 240 corrugations
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Variants
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- 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.
Other items of the period
- 1996
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3 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger
Y# 535
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10 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker
Y# 484
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25 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy
Y# 479
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25 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker
Y# 485
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25 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker
Y# 486
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25 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger
Y# 536
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25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet
Y# 542
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25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet
Y# 543
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25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet
Y# 544
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25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet
Y# 545
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50 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy
Y# 480
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50 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker
Y# 487
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50 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger
Y# 537
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50 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet
Y# 546
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100 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy
Y# 481
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100 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker
Y# 488
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100 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker
Y# 489
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100 rubles (1996) — Sable
Y# 495
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100 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger
Y# 538
- 100 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger Y# 539
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100 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet
Y# 547
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100 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet
Y# 548
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200 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger
Y# 540
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10000 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger
Y# 541
- 1992
-
1 chervonets (1992) — One Chervonets
Y# 85
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