5 rubles — USSR (1991) — Markhor
Y# 281
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Special facts
The markhor, or screw-horned goat, is a mountain goat with spiral horns that lives in the mountains of Central Asia. In the former USSR the markhor lives in the mountains of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and the males weigh up to a hundred kilograms; the 1991 coin is bimetallic. The 5-rouble coin "Markhor" 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.
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