3 rubles — Russian Federation (1996) — Siberian Tiger

Obverse

Designer/engraver: L.A. Vitte, A.A. Kolodkin

Reverse

Designer/engraver: L.S. Kamshilov

Special facts

Silver 3 roubles of 1996 with an Amur tiger by a fallen tree: in the 1940s only a few dozen of these cats remained in the wild, and hunting them was banned in 1947.

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

• 1996
• 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
• 25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 543
• 25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 544
• 25 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 545
• 50 rubles (1996) — Dmitri Donskoy Y# 480
• 50 rubles (1996) — The Nutcracker Y# 487
• 50 rubles (1996) — Siberian Tiger Y# 537

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