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25 Roubles The Sleeping Beauty
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed proof-struck depiction of a male ballet dancer in mid-leap, arms outstretched and body elegantly extended, evoking a scene from Tchaikovsky's ballet 'The Sleeping Beauty'. The dancer is shown in full costume with a feathered headdress, rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored field that accentuates the sculptural quality of the design. The Cyrillic inscription 'СПЯЩАЯ КРАСАВИЦА' (The Sleeping Beauty) curves along the left and right sides of the coin in two arcs, flanking the central figure. The overall composition conveys the grace and dramatic movement characteristic of classical Russian ballet. |
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Part of Russia's "Skazki Narodov Mira" (World Folk Tales) series, this 1995 issue was one of the first Russian platinum bullion-quality collector coins to feature fairy tale imagery — an unusual pairing of a precious industrial metal with children's literature subject matter. The series was produced in extremely limited numbers during a period when the Central Bank of Russia was simultaneously navigating post-Soviet monetary restructuring and attempting to establish credibility in international numismatic markets. Mintage for individual pieces in this series ran as low as 500 specimens.