50 rubles — Russian Federation (1996) — The Nutcracker
Y# 487
Obverse
Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov
Reverse
Designer/engraver: A.A. Dolgopolova
Special facts
Gold 50 roubles of 1996 with Masha and Drosselmeyer over the broken Nutcracker: the toy was a gift from the girl’s godfather.
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: 1996
Specifications
- Period
- Bank of Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Series
- Russian Ballet (84 in the series)
- Mint mark
- Leningrad Mint
- Metal
- Gold
- Fineness
- 999
- Precious metal weight
- 7.882 g
- Diameter
- 22.6 mm
- Thickness
- 1.3 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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