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5 Roubles Iturup
| Issuer | Russia › Russian Federation (1991-date) |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 рублей E. Lutris 2013 |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Iturup is the largest of the Kuril Islands, administered by Russia but claimed by Japan as part of the "Northern Territories" dispute — one of the few territorial disagreements that has prevented the two countries from ever signing a formal peace treaty ending World War II. This coin belongs to a Russian Federation series commemorating geographic regions of the country, and issuing it with Iturup's name carries an unmistakable political dimension: it is, in effect, a numismatic assertion of sovereignty over contested ground.