3 Roubles Speed Skating

Issued as part of Russia's sprawling commemorative program tied to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics — the most expensive Olympic Games in history at an estimated $51 billion, much of it absorbed by state-linked construction contracts that became a significant corruption investigation target. The Central Bank released dozens of denominations and metals across the Sochi series, with the 3-rouble silver pieces forming the backbone of a program that ultimately ran to well over a hundred individual coin types.