5 rubles — USSR (1991) — Blakiston's Fish Owl
Y# 280
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Special facts
Blakiston's fish owl is one of the largest owls in the world; it lives along the rivers of Primorye and the Amur region and hunts fish. Its wingspan reaches almost two metres, and only a few hundred pairs remain in Russia; the coin is one of the bimetallic Red Book coins of 1991. The 5-rouble coin "Blakiston's Fish Owl" was issued in 1991 in the "Red Book" series.
About the period
The transitional Gosbank issue of 1991–1992 was the last Soviet money. It appeared with the "Pavlov" reform and circulated in independent Russia until it was replaced by Bank of Russia money. More about the period “Gosbank transitional issue”, 1991 — 1992
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1991
Specifications
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Commemorative
- Series
- Red Data Book (87 in the series)
- Mint mark
- Leningrad Mint
- Metal
- Bimetallic (brass centre in copper-nickel ring)
- Diameter
- 25.0 mm
- Thickness
- 1.95 mm
- Weight
- 6.25 g
- Shape
- Round
- 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.
Other items of the period
- 1991
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