1 Rouble 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Borodino - Monument

Issuer Soviet Union
Year 1987
Type Commemorative circulation coin
Value 1 Rouble (1 SUR)
Currency Rouble (1961-1991)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 12.8 g
Diameter 31 mm
Thickness 2.3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s) Obverse: Sergey Mikhaylovich Ivanov
Reverse: Igor Sergeevich Komshilov
In circulation to 1991
Reference(s) Y#204
Obverse description The coat of arms of the Soviet Union; value.
Obverse script Cyrillic
Obverse lettering СССР 1 РУБЛЬ 1987
(Translation: USSR 1 Rouble)
Reverse description Monument to Marshal M.I. Kutuzov in Borodino. On the top, the inscription `175th anniversary of the battle of Borodino` and below the date `1812`. The Battle of Borodino (in French: Bataille de la Moskova), is the largest and bloodiest action of the French invasion of Russia and of all Napoleonic wars resulting in at least 70,000 deaths. There the French Grand Army under Emperor Napoleon I attacked the Russian Imperial Army of General Mikhail Kutuzov near the village of Borodino, and finally captured the main positions on the battlefield, but failed to destroy the Russian army, despite heavy losses.
Reverse script Cyrillic
Reverse lettering 175 ЛЕТ СО ДНЯ БОРОДИНСКОГО СРАЖЕНИЯ 1812
(Translation: 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Borodino)
Edge Smooth with inscriprion
Mint
Mintage 1987 - - 3 780 000
1987 - Proof - 220 000
Numisquare ID 3117635350
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