3 rubles — Russian Federation (1995) — The Meeting on the Elbe
The Liberation of Europe from Fascism. The Meeting on the Elbe

Obverse

Designer/engraver: I.I. Kopytkin

Reverse

Designer/engraver: I.I. Kopytkin and A.S. Khazov

Special facts

A 1995 3-rouble coin for the 50th anniversary of the meeting of Soviet and American troops on the Elbe at Torgau on 25 April 1945. The first to meet were patrols of the 58th Guards Rifle Division and the US 69th Infantry Division, and the link-up cut Germany in two. The day is known as Elbe Day. A monument to the meeting stands in Torgau.

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

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• 50 rubles (1994) — European Bison Y# 368
• 50 rubles (1994) — Goitered Gazelle Y# 369
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• 1995
• 1 ruble (1995) — Great Victory Y# 399
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Warsaw Y# 378
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Budapest Y# 379
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Koenigsberg Y# 380
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Vienna Y# 381
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Meeting on the Elbe Y# 382
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Berlin Y# 383
• 3 rubles (1995) — Act of Capitulation of Fascist Germany Y# 384
• 3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Prague Y# 385
• 3 rubles (1995) — The Defeat of the Kwangtung Army Y# 386
• 3 rubles (1995) — Act of Capitulation of Japan Y# 387
• 5 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 400
• 10 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 401
• 20 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 402
• 50 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 403
• 100 rubles (1995) — Great Victory Y# 404
• 1996
• 1 ruble (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 504
• 5 rubles (1996) — Russian Fleet Y# 505

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