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1 Rouble The Seywal (Whale)
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov Reverse: Alexandra Arsenyevna Dolgopolova |
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| Obverse description | At center, the official emblem of the Bank of Russia — a double-headed eagle with wings lowered — is rendered in relief within a beaded circle. Arching above the eagle along the upper rim is the denomination legend ОДИН РУБЛЬ (ONE ROUBLE), while the date 2002 appears below along the lower rim. To the left of the eagle, the alloy designation and fineness (Ag 900) are inscribed in the field; to the right, the fine metal content (15.55 g) and the Saint Petersburg Mint privy mark (СПМД) are similarly placed. The overall composition is characteristic of the standardized Bank of Russia commemorative obverse type used throughout the early 2000s series. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Part of Russia's long-running "Red Book" wildlife series, this rouble was issued when the series had already accumulated enough entries to become a genuine collector reference for endangered Soviet and post-Soviet fauna. The Seyval — a baleen whale — was listed in the Russian Red Data Book following Soviet-era commercial whaling that decimated North Pacific and Arctic populations well into the 1970s, years after international moratoriums were being discussed elsewhere.
The CBR issued these at face value through Sberbank branches, though almost none entered circulation.