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3 Roubles The Russian Geographic Society
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | At centre, the State emblem of the Bank of Russia depicting a double-headed eagle with wings lowered, accompanied by the semicircular legend БАНК РОССИИ (BANK OF RUSSIA) beneath, all enclosed within a beaded circle. The upper rim bears the denomination legend ТРИ РУБЛЯ (THREE ROUBLES), while the lower rim carries, from left to right, the precious metal designation and fineness (Ag 925), the year of issue 2015 г., the fine metal content (31.1), and the Moscow Mint monogram ММД. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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The Russian Geographical Society — founded in 1845 in St. Petersburg, making it one of the oldest continuous geographical societies in the world — received significant renewed state patronage in the 2000s when Vladimir Putin assumed its presidency in 2009. This coin's 2015 issue falls squarely within that period of institutional revival, during which the RGS undertook a series of high-profile expeditions and received substantially increased government funding.
The Bank of Russia issued numerous collector pieces tied to the RGS across multiple years, making individual dates in the series less scarce than their mintages might suggest to a casual buyer.