5 rubles — USSR (1979) — Hammer Throwing
Y# 167
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Special facts
Silver 5 roubles of 1979 with a hammer thrower. In Moscow Soviet athletes took the whole podium in the event, and Yuri Sedykh won with a world record of 81.80 m.
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: 1979
Specifications
- Period
- 1961 Monetary Reform
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Series
- Games of the XXII Olympiad, Moscow 1980 (45 in the series)
- Metal
- Silver
- Fineness
- 900
- Precious metal weight
- 15.003 g
- Diameter
- 33.0 mm
- Thickness
- 2.4 mm
- Weight
- 16.67 g
- Shape
- Round
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
Variants
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| Year | Mint | Mintage | Price | Proof | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | SPB | — | Estimate | — | ЛМД | + ☆ |
| 1979 | MSK | 103,539 | Estimate | 53,964 | ММД | + ☆ |
- 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.
- MSK
- Moscow Mint
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