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1 Rouble XXII Summer Olympic Games, Moscow 1980 - Emblem
| Issuer | Soviet Union |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| In circulation to | 1991 |
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| Reverse description | The official emblem of the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics dominates the central field, depicting a stylised tower of three ascending lines crowned by a five-pointed star, with the five interlocking Olympic rings arranged in a horizontal band at the base. The circular legend 'ИГРЫ XXII ОЛИМПИАДЫ • МОСКВА • 1980' runs along the upper periphery in Cyrillic script. The minting year '1977' is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Mint | Leningrad Mint |
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The Moscow Olympics commemorative rouble series began production three years ahead of the Games, with the 1977-dated issues forming the first wave of what became a sprawling multi-year program spanning dozens of designs. Soviet authorities used the series aggressively as a hard-currency earner — the coins were sold through Vneshposyltorg to foreign collectors at prices well above face value, generating convertible currency the domestic ruble economy could not otherwise access. Most were never intended to circulate inside the USSR at all.
Nickel silver was chosen over cupro-nickel specifically to give the series a more prestigious appearance for export presentation sets.