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| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Thickness | 1.70 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 РУБЛЕЙ 1993 г. Au900 ММД 15.55 БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: 100 Roubles 1993 Au900 MMD 15.55 Bank of Russia) |
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| Edge | Reeded (240 corrugations) |
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This coin belongs to Russia's early post-Soviet commemorative program, a period when the newly established Bank of Russia was aggressively issuing collector gold as both a hard-currency revenue source and a statement of cultural continuity with pre-Soviet Russian identity. Tchaikovsky served that purpose well — internationally recognized, politically uncomplicated, and firmly 19th-century.
The .900 fineness follows the old Imperial Russian standard rather than the .999 now common in modern bullion issues, a deliberate nod to pre-revolutionary minting practice that characterized several 1993 issues in this series.