3 rubles — Russian Federation (1995) — Liberation of Prague
The Liberation of Europe from Fascism. Prague
Y# 385
Obverse
Designer/engraver: A.A. Kolodkin
Reverse
Designer/engraver: I.I. Kopytkin and A.A. Kolodkin
Special facts
A 1995 3-rouble coin for the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Prague on 9 May 1945. To help the risen people of Prague, tank armies made a dash from near Berlin across the Ore Mountains, and on 9 May troops of Marshal Ivan Konev’s 1st Ukrainian Front entered the city. The Soviet dead are buried in Olšany Cemetery. Prague was the last European capital liberated in that war.
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: 1995
Specifications
- Period
- Bank of Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Commemorative
- Series
- The 50th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (15 in the series)
- Mint mark
- Moscow Mint
- Metal
- Copper-nickel
- Diameter
- 33.0 mm
- Thickness
- 2.3 mm
- Weight
- 14.35 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
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- 1995
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1 ruble (1995) — Great Victory
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Warsaw
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Budapest
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Koenigsberg
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Vienna
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3 rubles (1995) — The Meeting on the Elbe
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Berlin
Y# 383
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3 rubles (1995) — Act of Capitulation of Fascist Germany
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3 rubles (1995) — The Defeat of the Kwangtung Army
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3 rubles (1995) — Act of Capitulation of Japan
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5 rubles (1995) — Great Victory
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10 rubles (1995) — Great Victory
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20 rubles (1995) — Great Victory
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50 rubles (1995) — Great Victory
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100 rubles (1995) — Great Victory
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- 1996
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1 ruble (1996) — Russian Fleet
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5 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet
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