50 rubles — Russian Federation (1993) — First Gold Medal
Y# 355
← 25 rubles (1993) — The sloop "Neva"
50 rubles (1993) — Russia's First Participation in the Olympic Games →
Obverse
Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov (obverse), N.A. Nosov (reverse)
Reverse
Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov
Special facts
Gold 50 roubles of 1993 with the figure skater Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin, who in London in 1908 won Russia’s first Olympic gold medal.
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: 1993
Specifications
- Period
- Bank of Russia
- Currency
- 1 ruble = 100 kopecks
- Issue type
- Collector
- Series
- The Olympic Century of Russia (4 in the series)
- Mint mark
- Leningrad Mint
- Metal
- Gold
- Fineness
- 900
- Precious metal weight
- 7.875 g
- Diameter
- 22.6 mm
- Thickness
- 1.5 mm
- Weight
- 8.75 g
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Reeded — 200 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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- 1993
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10 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
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10 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
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25 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
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25 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
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25 rubles (1993) — The Brown Bear
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25 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
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25 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
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25 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
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25 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
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25 rubles (1993) — M.P. Moussorgsky
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25 rubles (1993) — The sloop "Nadezhda"
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25 rubles (1993) — The sloop "Neva"
Y# 518
- 50 rubles (1993) — First Gold Medal Y# 355
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50 rubles (1993) — Russia's First Participation in the Olympic Games
Y# 356
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50 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
Y# 396
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50 rubles (1993) — The Brown Bear
Y# 411
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50 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
Y# 418
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50 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
Y# 418
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50 rubles (1993) — S.V. Rakhmaninov
Y# 453
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100 rubles (1993) — The Brown Bear
Y# 412
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100 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
Y# 419
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100 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
Y# 419
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100 rubles (1993) — P.I. Tchaikovsky
Y# 454
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150 rubles (1993) — Russian Ballet
Y# 397
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150 rubles (1993) — I.F. Stravinsky
Y# 455
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