10 Roubles The Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Issued on the 60th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, this coin was part of a sprawling commemorative program the Bank of Russia rolled out across 2005. The anniversary itself was marked by one of the largest military parades Red Square had seen since the Soviet period, attended by over fifty world leaders — a deliberate signal of Russia's reassertion of its role as the definitive victor of the Eastern Front.

Bimetallic 10-rouble commemoratives of this period were struck in very large numbers for general circulation, and this type is common in any honest assessment of the market.