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50 Roubles Allied Tank Bishop
| Issuer | Soviet Union (Russia) |
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| Currency | Sixth Rouble (1961-1991) |
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| Obverse description | At the top of the coin, the Cyrillic legend ТАНК СОЮЗНИКОВ (meaning 'Allied Tank') arcs around the upper field, flanked by decorative stars. Below, the English name 'Bishop' identifies the specific Allied tank type depicted. At the center, the Coat of Arms of the USSR is prominently featured, flanked on either side by the Cyrillic letters СС and СР, together forming CCCP (USSR). The overall design is executed in a commemorative style consistent with Soviet-era numismatic fantasy issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Part of the Soviet "Allied War Machines" commemorative series issued in the early 1990s, this coin honors the Bishop self-propelled artillery piece supplied to Soviet forces under the Lend-Lease program. Britain delivered over 300 Bishops to the Eastern Front, though Soviet crews generally regarded them poorly — the fixed gun elevation severely limited effective range, and Red Army reports frequently contrasted them unfavorably against their own SU-76. The program nonetheless moved billions of dollars in materiel eastward between 1941 and 1945, a fact Soviet historiography was notably reluctant to acknowledge for decades.