3 rubles — Russian Federation (1996) — The Nutcracker

Obverse

Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov

Reverse

Designer/engraver: I.S. Komshilov

Special facts

Silver 3 roubles of 1996 with the duel between the Prince and the Mouse King, a story taken from Hoffmann’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King".

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

Other items of the period

• 1995
• 150 rubles (1995) — The Sleeping Beauty Y# 444
• 150 rubles (1995) — Alexander the Nevsky Y# 503
• 200 rubles (1995) — Lynx Y# 500
• 1996
• 1 ruble (1996) — Peregrine Falcon Y# 492
• 1 ruble (1996) — Turkmen Eyelid Gecko Y# 493
• 1 ruble (1996) — Sandy Mole-Rat Y# 494
• 2 rubles (1996) — Nikolai Nekrasov Y# 514
• 2 rubles (1996) — Fedor Dostoyevsky Y# 515
• 3 rubles (1996) — The Church of Ilya the Prophet in Yaroslavl Y# 470
• 3 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy Y# 477
• 3 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy Y# 478
• 3 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 482
• 3 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 483
• 3 rubles (1996) — Kazan Kremlin Y# 490
• 3 rubles (1996) — Tobolsk Kremlin Y# 491
• 3 rubles (1996) — The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg Y# 510
• 3 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 511
• 3 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 512
• 3 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger Y# 535
• 10 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 484
• 25 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy Y# 479
• 25 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 485
• 25 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 486
• 25 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger Y# 536
• 25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 542

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