2 rubles — Russian Federation (2000) — 55th Anniversary of Victory
The 55th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945
Y# 669
Obverse
Designer/engraver: A.V.Baklanov
Reverse
Designer/engraver: S.A. Kornilov
Special facts
Leningrad is a Hero City: 872 days of blockade, from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944, with its link to the mainland kept open across the ice of Lake Ladoga — the Road of Life. Leningrad was among the first to be named a Hero City in 1945, together with Stalingrad, Sevastopol and Odessa. This 2-rouble coin honouring the Hero City of Leningrad was issued in 2000 for the 55th anniversary of Victory.
About the period
Modern Russia is the money after the redenomination of 1998, when a thousand old roubles became one new rouble. The coins and banknotes of the 1997 pattern are still in circulation. More about the period “Modern Russia”, 1997 — to present
Coins and banknotes of this year: 2000
Specifications
- Period
- Modern Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Commemorative
- Mint mark
- Saint Petersburg Mint
- Metal
- Nickel silver
- Diameter
- 23.0 mm
- Shape
- Round
- 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.
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- 2000
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- 2001
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1 ruble (2001) — Commonwealth of Independent States
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2 rubles (2001) — Yu.A. Gagarin's Space Flight
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10 rubles (2001) — Yu.A. Gagarin's Space Flight
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- 2002
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10 rubles (2002) — Derbent
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10 rubles (2002) — Kostroma
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10 rubles (2002) — Staraya Russa
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10 rubles (2002) — Ministries of Russia
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10 rubles (2002) — Ministries of Russia
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10 rubles (2002) — Ministries of Russia
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10 rubles (2002) — Ministries of Russia
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10 rubles (2002) — Ministries of Russia
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10 rubles (2002) — Ministries of Russia
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10 rubles (2002) — Ministries of Russia
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- 2003
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10 rubles (2003) — Pskov
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10 rubles (2003) — Murom
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10 rubles (2003) — Kasimov
Y# 818
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