5 rubles — USSR (1980) — Archery

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Special facts

Silver 5 roubles of 1980 with an archer. Archery returned to the Olympic programme in 1972 after a break of more than half a century.

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: 1980

Other items of the period

• 1978
• 150 rubles (1978) — Discus Y# 163
• 1979
• 5 rubles (1979) — Weightlifting Y# 166
• 5 rubles (1979) — Hammer Throwing Y# 167
• 10 rubles (1979) — Basketball Y# 168
• 10 rubles (1979) — Volleyball Y# 169
• 10 rubles (1979) — Boxing Y# 170
• 10 rubles (1979) — Judo Y# 171
• 10 rubles (1979) — Weight Lifting Y# 172
• 100 rubles (1979) — Velodrome Y# 173
• 100 rubles (1979) — Friendship Sport Hall Y# 174
• 150 rubles (1979) — Wrestlers Y# 175
• 150 rubles (1979) — Horse race Y# 176
• 1980
• 5 rubles (1980) — Archery Y# 179
• 5 rubles (1980) — Gymnastics Y# 180
• 5 rubles (1980) — Equestrian Isindi Y# 181
• 5 rubles (1980) — Gorodki Y# 182
• 10 rubles (1980) — Wrestling Y# 183
• 10 rubles (1980) — Tug of War Y# 184
• 10 rubles (1980) — Reindeer Racing Y# 185
• 100 rubles (1980) — Olympic Torch Y# 186
• 150 rubles (1980) — Running Y# 187
• 1988
• 3 rubles (1988) — St. Sophia Cathedral (Kiev) Y# 210
• 3 rubles (1988) — Vladimir's Silver Coin (Srebrenik) Y# 211
• 25 rubles (1988) — Christianization of Rus Y# 212
• 50 rubles (1988) — Cathedral of St. Sophia (Novgorod) Y# 213