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20 Kopeks Buryatia
| Issuer | Russia › Russian Federation (1991-date) |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a frontal portrait of a bovine head (bull or bison) set against a shield-shaped background, rendered in moderate relief. The denomination '20' appears in the upper field, with the legend 'копеек' (kopeks) immediately below in Cyrillic script. The entire design is encircled by an ornamental border of stylized floral or snowflake motifs forming a decorative inner ring. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Buryatia is one of dozens of Russian federal subjects that have appeared on regional collector issues produced outside the official state mint system — privately commissioned tokens that occupy an ambiguous legal space, neither genuine legal tender nor outright forgeries. The 2014 date places this squarely in the period following Russia's annexation of Crimea, when Western sanctions began quietly disrupting metal supply chains for smaller minting operations.