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50 rubles — USSR (1991) — Russian Ballet (Ballerina)

Y# 287

Obverse
Obverse
Reverse
Reverse

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Special facts

Gold 50 roubles of 1991 in .999 gold from the "Russian Ballet" series. Igor Stravinsky wrote the score of "The Firebird" (1910) on Diaghilev's commission for the "Saisons Russes".

About the period

The currency reform of 1961 was a 10-to-1 redenomination: from 1 January 1961 old money was exchanged for new money of one tenth the face value. The coins and banknotes of the 1961 pattern circulated until the end of the Soviet Union. More about the period “1961 Monetary Reform”, 1961 — 1991

Coins and banknotes of this year: 1991

Specifications

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
Orientation
Medal (↑↑)

Value by metal weight

≈ $1,030

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Year Mint Mintage Price Proof Details
1991 SPB — Estimate 1,500 ЛМД + ☆
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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