3 rubles — USSR (1990) — Cook's Expedition to Alaska
Y# 242
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Special facts
Silver 3 roubles of 1990 from the series for the 250th anniversary of Russian America, with James Cook's expedition: in 1778 the English reached Alaska and met Russian fur traders on Unalaska.
About the period
The currency reform of 1961 was a 10-to-1 redenomination: from 1 January 1961 old money was exchanged for new money of one tenth the face value. The coins and banknotes of the 1961 pattern circulated until the end of the Soviet Union. More about the period “1961 Monetary Reform”, 1961 — 1991
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1990
Specifications
- Period
- 1961 Monetary Reform
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Series
- 250th Anniversary of the Discovery of Russian America (8 in the series)
- Mint mark
- Leningrad Mint
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 900
- Precious metal weight
- 31.104 g
- Diameter
- 39.0 mm
- Thickness
- 3.27 mm
- Weight
- 34.56 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
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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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- 1989
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100 rubles (1989) — State Seal of Ivan III
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150 rubles (1989) — Great stand on the Ugra river
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- 1990
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3 rubles (1990) — Peter the Great's Fleet
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3 rubles (1990) — St. Peter and Paul Fortress
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10 rubles (1990) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina)
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25 rubles (1990) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina)
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25 rubles (1990) — Packet boat St. Peter
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25 rubles (1990) — Packet boat St. Paul
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25 rubles (1990) — Peter I
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50 rubles (1990) — Church of the Archangel Gabriel
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100 rubles (1990) — Bronze Horseman
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150 rubles (1990) — Boat St. Gabriel
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150 rubles (1990) — Battle of Poltava
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