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5 Roubles October Revolution 70th Anniversary
| Issuer | Soviet Union |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The State Coat of Arms of the Soviet Union is prominently displayed in the upper field, featuring a hammer and sickle superimposed on a globe, encircled by wheat sheaves bound with ribbons and surmounted by a five-pointed star. The country abbreviation СССР (USSR) appears in large Cyrillic characters across the middle field, with the denomination 5 РУБЛЕЙ (5 Roubles) inscribed below in two lines. The date 1987 is engraved in the lower exergue. The design is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field, consistent with proof striking. |
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| Reverse description | The upper field features a stylized composition depicting a left-facing portrait bust of Vladimir Lenin in low relief, set against a furled revolutionary banner. To the right of the banner, the date 1917 appears in large bold numerals, evoking the year of the October Revolution. In the lower left field, a multi-line Cyrillic inscription commemorates the anniversary, and in the lower right, a decorative olive branch occupies the field. The overall design is executed in a bold constructivist style characteristic of Soviet commemorative coinage. |
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Issued as part of the USSR's coordinated commemorative program for the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution, this piece appeared alongside a broader range of jubilee output that Gosknak and the Leningrad Mint produced in enormous quantities for both domestic circulation and the hard-currency export trade. The Soviet government actively sold commemoratives to Western collectors through Vneshposyltorg, its foreign-trade subsidiary, as a reliable source of foreign exchange throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Surviving examples in high grades are abundant precisely because most were pulled from circulation immediately — or never circulated at all.