25 Roubles Three heroes, colored

Issued under Russia's long-running commemorative program honoring folk epic heroes from the byliny oral tradition, this piece belongs to a colored copper-nickel series that the Bank of Russia has used since the early 2000s to produce relatively affordable collectibles for the domestic market. The applied color on these pieces is notoriously prone to chipping at the edges with even minimal handling — a known production limitation that distinguishes worn examples from simply mishandled ones.