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3 Roubles The Fire bird
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 3 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | The polished mirror field bears a relief effigy of the State Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation at center. A semicircular legend reading РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ arcs above along the rim, flanked on both sides by paired rhombuses. Below the arms, to the left, appear the precious metal designation and fineness (Ag 925), and to the right the fine metal content and the Saint Petersburg Mint mark (СПМД). At the bottom center, a three-line inscription reads БАНК РОССИИ, the denomination 3 РУБЛЯ, and the year of issue 2017 г. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly detailed relief composition illustrating characters from the Russian fairy tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird, and the Grey Wolf, executed in proof finish with partial gilding applied to key design elements. The central scene depicts the legendary Firebird in full plumage alongside the fairy tale protagonists, rendered with fine sculptural detail. A decorative ornamental band occupies the lower portion of the field. The circumferential legend ЛЕГЕНДЫ И СКАЗКИ НАРОДОВ РОССИИ arcs along the upper rim, framing the composition. |
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Part of the Bank of Russia's long-running series of issues drawing on Russian folklore, this coin belongs to a category that has drawn consistent collector interest since the 1990s — not for rarity, but because the series as a whole documents the institutionalization of numismatic collecting in post-Soviet Russia. The Firebird, or Zhar-Ptitsa, is one of the oldest recurring figures in East Slavic mythology, appearing across medieval byliny and later in the fairy tales collected and published by Alexander Afanasyev in the 1850s.
Mintage on these folklore issues was typically capped at 3,000 pieces for the proof format.