| Issuer | Russia |
| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | 3 Roubles |
| Currency | Rouble (1998-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 34.88 g |
| Dimensions | 39 mm |
| Thickness | 3.30 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov Reverse: Andrey Sergevich Kunats |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | Y#677, CBR#5111-0091, Schön#682 |
| Obverse description | In the centre — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower — the semicircular inscription — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE ROUBLES), at the bottom — the year of issue «2001», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right — the fine metal content and the mint trade mark. |
| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ТРИ РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 900 • 2001 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD) |
| Reverse description | A scene from the 4th Act of the opera «Life for the Tsar» («Ivan Soussanin»), over it — the building of the Bolshoi Theater and the date «225», the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР» (BOLSHOI THEATER), at the bottom — «ИВАН СУСАНИН» («IVAN SOUSSANIN»). |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
| Reverse lettering | БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР
225
ИВАН СУСАНИН (Translation: BOLSHOI THEATER IVAN SOUSSANIN) |
| Edge | 300 corrugations |
| Mint | (СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date) |
| Mintage | 2001 СПМД - Proof - 7 500 |
| Catalog ID | 7744629270 |
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