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1 Rouble Rose-colored gull
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | At center, the two-headed eagle emblem of the Bank of Russia after the design of Ivan Bilibin occupies the field, with wings displayed and crowned heads facing outward. A circle of pellets frames the central device, with the semicircular legend БАНК РОССИИ arching below the eagle. The denomination ОДИН РУБЛЬ is inscribed along the upper rim, and the date 1999 appears at the lower rim. To the left of the eagle, the metal designation and fineness (Ag 900) are indicated, while the fine metal content (15.55 g) and the Saint Petersburg Mint mark (СПМД) appear to the right. |
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| Mintage | 1999 СПМД - Proof - 15,000 |
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Issued as part of Russia's ongoing Red Book series — a program launched in 1993 to commemorate species listed in the Russian Federation's endangered species register — this rouble corresponds to the Rosy Tern (Rhodostethia rosea), a small arctic gull whose breeding range is so restricted and poorly documented that its total world population remained uncertain well into the 2000s. The species was first scientifically described from a specimen collected during William Edward Parry's 1821–23 Arctic expedition, and for decades naturalists debated whether confirmed breeding colonies even existed.