50 rubles — Russian Federation (2004) — Taurus
Y# 1033
Obverse
Designer/engraver: S.A. Kozlov.A.D. Shablykin
Reverse
Designer/engraver: E.I. Novikova
Special facts
Gold 50 roubles of 2004 with Taurus. The Pioneer 10 probe is heading towards Aldebaran and will pass near the star in about two million 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: 2004
Specifications
- Period
- Modern Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Series
- Signs of the Zodiac (72 in the series)
- Mint mark
- Saint Petersburg Mint
- Metal
- Gold
- Fineness
- 999
- Precious metal weight
- 7.882 g
- Diameter
- 22.6 mm
- Thickness
- 1.6 mm
- Weight
- 7.89 g
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Reeded — 134 corrugations
- Orientation
- Medal (↑↑)
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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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