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100 Roubles Russian Ballet
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1991-1997) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the double-headed eagle design after Ivan Bilibin, positioned centrally in the field. Below the eagle, metallic inscriptions denote the alloy designation (Au 999), the Moscow Mint monogram (ММД), and the fine gold content (15.55 g). The upper legend reads «100 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.» (100 ROUBLES 1994) and the lower legend reads «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA), both arranged along the rim in Cyrillic script. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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This issue belongs to a series the Bank of Russia launched in the early post-Soviet period partly as a hard-currency revenue mechanism — gold bullion-quality commemoratives sold at premium to foreign collectors while domestic purchasing power had collapsed. The ballet theme was deliberate: Bolshoi prestige was one of the few cultural assets the new Russian state could market internationally without political complication.
The .999 fineness places it above the older Soviet gold coinage standard, a quiet but meaningful technical departure from Tsarist and Soviet-era norms.