50 rubles — Russian Federation (1994) — Flamingo
Y# 371
Obverse
Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov
Reverse
Designer/engraver: I.S. Komshilov
Special facts
The greater flamingo is a bird of salt lakes and lagoons; on the territory of the former USSR it nests in only a few places. The pink colour of its plumage comes from carotenoids in the small crustaceans it eats, and large colonies nest on Lake Tengiz in Kazakhstan. The 50-rouble coin "Flamingo" was issued in 1994 in the "Red Book" series.
About the period
The coins and banknotes of the Bank of Russia of 1992–1996 were the first money of the Russian Federation. They were issued in years of high inflation: denominations grew fast, and the metal of the coins got cheaper. More about the period “Bank of Russia”, 1992 — 1996
Coins and banknotes of this year: 1994
Specifications
- Period
- Bank of Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Commemorative
- Series
- Red Data Book (87 in the series)
- Mint mark
- Leningrad Mint
- Metal
- Bimetallic (copper-nickel centre in brass ring)
- Diameter
- 25.0 mm
- 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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50 rubles (1993) — Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin
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- 1994
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3 rubles (1994) — Liberation of Leningrad
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3 rubles (1994) — Liberation of Sevastopol
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3 rubles (1994) — Second Front
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3 rubles (1994) — Partisan Movement
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3 rubles (1994) — Liberation of Belgrade
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50 rubles (1994) — Sandy Mole-Rat
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50 rubles (1994) — European Bison
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50 rubles (1994) — Goitered Gazelle
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50 rubles (1994) — Peregrine Falcon
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- 50 rubles (1994) — Flamingo Y# 371
- 1995
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1 ruble (1995) — Great Victory
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Warsaw
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Budapest
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Koenigsberg
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Vienna
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3 rubles (1995) — The Meeting on the Elbe
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Berlin
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3 rubles (1995) — Act of Capitulation of Fascist Germany
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3 rubles (1995) — Liberation of Prague
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3 rubles (1995) — The Defeat of the Kwangtung Army
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3 rubles (1995) — Act of Capitulation of Japan
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5 rubles (1995) — Great Victory
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