3 rubles — Russian Federation (2015) — Leningrad Zoo
The 150th Anniversary of the Leningrad Zoo
Y# 1618
Obverse
Designer/engraver: A.A. Brynza
Reverse
Designer/engraver: A.A. Brynza
Special facts
Silver 3 roubles of 2015 for the 150th anniversary of the Leningrad Zoo with polar bears and a hippopotamus; during the siege the staff saved the hippo Krasavitsa by rubbing her with camphor oil.
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: 2015
Specifications
- Period
- Modern Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Mint mark
- Saint Petersburg Mint
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 925
- Precious metal weight
- 31.394 g
- Diameter
- 39.0 mm
- Thickness
- 3.3 mm
- Weight
- 33.94 g
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Reeded — 300 corrugations
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Variants
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- SPB
- Saint Petersburg Mint. The mint in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1724 in the Peter and Paul Fortress. It was called the Petrograd Mint in 1914–1924 and the Leningrad Mint in 1924–1991.
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