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5 Roubles Shikotan
| Issuer | Russia › Russian Federation (1991-date) |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central shield-shaped coat of arms of Shikotan Island depicting a sea otter resting on rocks amid waves, with three scallop shells arranged in a row above. The arms are set within a beaded inner border surrounded by a ring of small five-pointed stars. The Cyrillic legend КУРИЛЬСКИЕ ОСТРОВА arcs across the upper field, with ШИКОТАН inscribed along the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | Full-bodied profile effigy of an Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) standing facing left, rendered in fine relief against a plain field with a small tuft of vegetation at its feet. The denomination 5 рублей is inscribed in large characters across the upper field. The Latin binomial scientific name Vulpes lagopus appears to the right of the animal in italic lettering, and the date 2013 is inscribed along the lower exergue. |
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Shikotan is one of the four southernmost Kuril Islands that Japan calls the Northern Territories and has formally claimed since the 1956 Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration offered — but never delivered — a partial handover. The 2013 Kuril Islands series was issued by the Bank of Russia as part of a broader run of geographic commemoratives, a category that became politically pointed the moment it included disputed territory. Putting Shikotan on circulating-weight brass is, among other things, a sovereignty statement minted in metal.