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1000 Roubles Frigate «Mir»
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 1000 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | At the centre of the obverse, the two-headed eagle emblem of the Bank of Russia is depicted with wings lowered, enclosed within a beaded circle. The legend «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA) arcs in a semicircle beneath the eagle within the inner circle. Along the outer rim, the denomination «ОДНА ТЫСЯЧА РУБЛЕЙ» (ONE THOUSAND ROUBLES) appears at the top, and the date «2006» is positioned at the bottom. To the left of the central device, the metal designation and fineness «Au 999» are inscribed, while the fine metal content «155,5» and the Moscow Mint mark «ММД» appear to the right. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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The Mir is a three-masted full-rigged training ship built in 1987 at the Gdańsk shipyard in Poland — the same yard that launched the Solidarity movement — and has operated under the Russian State University of Marine and Inland Shipping ever since. She has consistently placed at or near the top of the Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Races, earning a competitive reputation unusual for a vessel whose primary purpose is cadet training.
This 1000-rouble issue is part of a Russian series celebrating sail training vessels, struck in fractional quantities intended almost entirely for collector export. Mintage on pieces of this weight and fineness rarely exceeded several hundred examples.