50 rubles — Russian Federation (1994) — Goitered Gazelle
Y# 369
Obverse
Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov
Reverse
Designer/engraver: A.A. Dolgopolova
Special facts
The goitered gazelle is a small antelope of the deserts and semi-deserts of Asia; the males have lyre-shaped horns. Goitered gazelles live in Azerbaijan, Central Asia and Mongolia; in winter they gather in large herds, and in spring the females usually bear twins. The 50-rouble coin "Goitered Gazelle" 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) — Oriental Stork
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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 Y# 369
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50 rubles (1994) — Peregrine Falcon
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50 rubles (1994) — Flamingo
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- 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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