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5 Pyadey Alexander Baranov
| Issuer | Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Composition | Nickel silver |
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| Reverse description | A crowned double-headed eagle occupying the central field, modeled after the imperial eagle of the Alexander II era, with wings displayed and detailed feathering rendered in high relief. Below the eagle, the denomination and date are inscribed. The mint mark ММД appears in the field. The circular legend ПЕРВОПРОХОДЦЫ ЗЕМЛИ РУССКОЙ runs along the upper periphery, with ПЯТЬ ПЯДЕЙ and the date 2024 in the lower portion. The initials МВ, denoting the designer MasterVision, appear in the field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Alexander Baranov served as the first chief manager of the Russian-American Company from 1799 until 1818, administering Russia's North American territories from his base at Novo-Arkhangelsk — present-day Sitka, Alaska. The Russian-American Company itself issued its own currency in those territories, including leather and walrus-ivory tokens, making Baranov arguably the only colonial administrator in Russian history whose commercial enterprise ran its own monetary system. This coin comes from the Moscow Mint's ongoing "Пяди" (Pyadi) series honoring figures of Russian geographical exploration and expansion.