3 rubles — Russian Federation (2008) — The European Beaver

Obverse

Designer/engraver: S.V. Sutyagin

Reverse

Designer/engraver: L.A. Evdokimova

Special facts

Silver 3 roubles of 2008 with the head of a swimming beaver: by the early 20th century fewer than a thousand beavers were left in Russia, and their numbers were restored thanks to the Voronezh reserve.

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

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• 3 rubles (2008) — Assumption Church (Voronezh) Y# 1128
• 3 rubles (2008) — Saint Nicholas Cathedral (Yakutsk) Y# 1129
• 3 rubles (2008) — Zadonsk Monastery Y# 1130
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• 3 rubles (2008) — Volcanoes of Kamchatka Y# 1147
• 3 rubles (2008) — World Walking-Race Cup (Cheboksary) Y# 1150
• 3 rubles (2008) — The City of Moscow Y# 1151
• 3 rubles (2008) — Beijing 2008 Olympics Y# 1152
• 5 rubles (2008) — Pereslavl-Zalessky Y# 1154
• 5 rubles (2008) — Alexandrov Y# 1155
• 25 rubles (2008) — Goznak Y# 1116
• 25 rubles (2008) — Astrakhan Kremlin Y# 1125
• 25 rubles (2008) — The European Beaver Y# 1139
• 50 rubles (2008) — Udmurtiya Y# 1121
• 50 rubles (2008) — The European Beaver Y# 1141
• 50 rubles (2008) — Beijing 2008 Olympics Y# 1153

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