2 rubles — Russian Federation (2008) — Shemaya-Fish of the Azov Sea and Black Sea
Y# 980
Obverse
Designer/engraver: A.D. Schablykin, F.S. Andronov
Reverse
Designer/engraver: Yu. S. Gogol
Special facts
Silver 2 roubles of 2008 with the Azov-Black Sea shemaya, a prized commercial fish once famous for its taste when smoked.
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: 2008
Specifications
- Period
- Modern Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Series
- Red Data Book (87 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 (↑↑)
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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