See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

3 Roubles Athletics World Championship

Issuer Bank of Russia
Year 2005
Type Log in to see details
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Weight Log in to see details
Diameter Log in to see details
Thickness Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Technique Log in to see details
Orientation Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Y#906, CBR#5111-0143, Schön#921
Obverse description At the centre of the obverse, the two-headed eagle emblem of the Bank of Russia is depicted with wings lowered, set within a beaded circle. The surrounding field carries the denomination legend «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE ROUBLES) arching along the upper rim and the year of issue «2005» along the lower rim. To the left of the central device, the metal purity designation «Ag 925» is inscribed, while to the right appear the fine metal content «31,1» and the Saint Petersburg Mint monogram «СПМД». The legend «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA) appears in a semicircular inscription beneath the eagle within the beaded circle.
Obverse script Log in to see details
Obverse lettering ТРИ РУБЛЯ БАНК РОССИИ • Ag 925 • 2005 г. • 31,1 СПМД •
(Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description The reverse presents three athletic pictograms set against a stylised globe motif rendered in the field: a runner occupies the centre with the date «2005» to his left, a high jumper is positioned in the upper portion of the design, and a discus thrower appears at the lower portion. The composition conveys dynamic movement across the curved surface of the Earth. A continuous Cyrillic legend encircling the rim reads «ЧЕМПИОНАТ МИРА ПО ЛЕГКОЙ АТЛЕТИКЕ ХЕЛЬСИНКИ» (TRACK-AND-FIELD ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HELSINKI), commemorating the 2005 IAAF World Championships held in Helsinki, Finland.
Reverse script Log in to see details
Reverse lettering Log in to see details
Edge Log in to see details
Mint Log in to see details
Mintage Log in to see details
Additional information Log in to see details

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE