5 rubles — Russian Federation (2015) — Russian Geographic Society
The 170th Anniversary of the Russian Geographic Society
CBR# 5712-0029
Obverse
Designer/engraver: A.D. Schablykin
Reverse
Designer/engraver: E.A. Tolzin
Special facts
A 5-rouble coin for the 170th anniversary of the Russian Geographical Society, 2015. The society was founded in Saint Petersburg in 1845; its expeditions explored Siberia, the Far East, Central Asia and the Arctic. Its founders included the navigators Fyodor Litke and Ivan Kruzenshtern, and Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky led the society for more than forty years.
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
- Commemorative
- Mint mark
- Moscow Mint
- Metal
- Steel (nickel plated)
- Diameter
- 25.0 mm
- Thickness
- 1.8 mm
- Weight
- 6.0 g
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Ornamented — 12 sections of 5 grooves each
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
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- MSK
- Moscow Mint
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