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25 Roubles The Saint Artemy Verkolsky Monastery
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | At center, the official emblem of the Bank of Russia — a double-headed eagle with wings lowered — is depicted within a beaded circle. The semicircular legend «БАНК РОССИИ» (Bank of Russia) arcs below the eagle within the inner circle. Along the upper rim, the denomination «ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ» (Twenty Five Roubles) is inscribed. The lower portion of the rim area carries, from left to right: the precious metal designation and fineness (Ag 925), the year of issue «2007 г.», the fine metal content (155.5), and the mint mark of the Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД). |
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| Obverse lettering | ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ БАНК РОССИИ • Ag 925 • 2007 г. • 155,5 СПМД • (Translation: Twenty Five Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD) |
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The Archangel Artemy Verkolsky Monastery sits in the remote Pinega district of Arkhangelsk Oblast, founded in the late sixteenth century at the site where a twelve-year-old peasant boy was struck dead by lightning in 1545. His body, discovered incorrupt thirty-two years later, was declared miraculous by the Orthodox Church. The monastery that grew around his relics was suppressed under Soviet rule and fell into near-total ruin, with serious restoration efforts only resuming in the 1990s.
This coin is part of Russia's long-running "Monuments of Architecture" series, which the Bank of Russia has used since the early post-Soviet period to document ecclesiastical and historic structures — many still under active restoration at the time of striking.