3 rubles — USSR (1991) — Yuri Gagarin Monument
Yuri Gagarin Monument (30th Anniversary of First Human Spaceflight)
Y# 262
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Special facts
Silver 3 roubles of 1991, issued thirty years after Yuri Gagarin's flight, with his monument in Moscow, a titanium figure more than 40 metres tall on Gagarin Square, unveiled in 1980.
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: 1991
Specifications
- Period
- 1961 Monetary Reform
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Mint mark
- Leningrad Mint
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 900
- Precious metal weight
- 31.104 g
- Diameter
- 39.0 mm
- Thickness
- 3.3 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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- 1991
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3 rubles (1991) — Bolshoi Theatre
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3 rubles (1991) — Arch of Triumph in Moscow
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10 rubles (1991) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina)
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25 rubles (1991) — Three Saints Harbour
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