2 rubles — Russian Federation (2021) — Academician Andrey Sakharov
Academician Andrey Sakharov, Timed to the 100th Anniversary of his Birth (21.05.1921)
Y# 1960
Obverse
Designer/engraver: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse, reverse), A.V. Baklanov, National
Reverse
Designer/engraver: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.N. Bessonov (reverse)
Special facts
Silver 2 roubles of 2021 for the centenary of Andrei Sakharov with a diagram of the atom; the physicist was one of the creators of the Soviet hydrogen bomb and winner of the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize.
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: 2021
Specifications
- Period
- Modern Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Series
- Outstanding Personalities of Russia (127 in the series)
- Mint mark
- Saint Petersburg Mint
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 925
- Precious metal weight
- 15.725 g
- Diameter
- 33.0 mm
- Thickness
- 2.4 mm
- Weight
- 17.0 g
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Reeded — 195 corrugations
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
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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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