100 rubles — USSR (1979) — Friendship Sport Hall

Special facts

Gold 100 roubles of 1979 with the Druzhba multi-purpose sports hall at Luzhniki, a building with an unusual folded roof that hosted the Olympic volleyball tournament.

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: 1979

Other items of the period

• 1978
• 10 rubles (1978) — Pole Vaulting Y# 161
• 100 rubles (1978) — Lenin Stadium Y# 151
• 100 rubles (1978) — Krylatskoye Rowing Canal Y# 162
• 150 rubles (1978) — Discus Y# 163
• 1979
• 5 rubles (1979) — Weightlifting Y# 166
• 5 rubles (1979) — Hammer Throwing Y# 167
• 10 rubles (1979) — Basketball Y# 168
• 10 rubles (1979) — Volleyball Y# 169
• 10 rubles (1979) — Boxing Y# 170
• 10 rubles (1979) — Judo Y# 171
• 10 rubles (1979) — Weight Lifting Y# 172
• 100 rubles (1979) — Velodrome Y# 173
• 100 rubles (1979) — Friendship Sport Hall Y# 174
• 150 rubles (1979) — Wrestlers Y# 175
• 150 rubles (1979) — Horse race Y# 176
• 1980
• 5 rubles (1980) — Archery Y# 179
• 5 rubles (1980) — Gymnastics Y# 180
• 5 rubles (1980) — Equestrian Isindi Y# 181
• 5 rubles (1980) — Gorodki Y# 182
• 10 rubles (1980) — Wrestling Y# 183
• 10 rubles (1980) — Tug of War Y# 184
• 10 rubles (1980) — Reindeer Racing Y# 185
• 100 rubles (1980) — Olympic Torch Y# 186
• 150 rubles (1980) — Running Y# 187
• 1988
• 3 rubles (1988) — St. Sophia Cathedral (Kiev) Y# 210

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