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25 Roubles The New Hermitage
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 25 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | At centre, the Bank of Russia emblem — a double-headed eagle with wings lowered — is displayed within a beaded circle. The semicircular legend БАНК РОССИИ arcs below the eagle within the inner circle. Along the upper rim, the denomination legend ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ is inscribed, while the year of issue 2002 appears at the lower rim. To the left of the eagle in the field are the metal designation and fineness marks (Ag 900), and to the right the fine metal content and the Saint Petersburg Mint mark (СПМД). |
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| Obverse lettering | ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ БАНК РОССИИ • Ag 900 • 2002 г. • 155,5 СПМД (Translation: Twenty Five Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD) |
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The New Hermitage building, completed in 1852 under Nicholas I, was the first purpose-built public museum in Russia — a distinction that mattered enormously to the Tsar, who commissioned Leo von Klenze to design it specifically to house imperial art collections previously accessible only to the court. Nicholas did not live to see this coin, but the 150th anniversary it marks in 2002 fell during a period of aggressive Russian commemorative silver production, with the Central Bank issuing dozens of large-format pieces annually in this weight class.