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1 Poltinnik Leonid Brezhnev
| Issuer | Russia › Russian Federation (1991-date) |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Reverse description | A portrait of Leonid Brezhnev. Sign the music company "Melody", founded in 1964. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Poltinnik" name is a revival of a pre-revolutionary term for a 50-kopek piece, last used officially on Soviet coinage of the 1920s. This 2014 issue belongs to a series of circulation coins struck by the Bank of Russia bearing portraits of Soviet-era General Secretaries — a politically loaded decision for a post-Soviet state still negotiating its relationship with the USSR's memory. Brezhnev's inclusion is notable given that his 18-year tenure ended in the stagnation period Russians call "Zastoi," a word that carries no nostalgia even among rehabilitationists.