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50 Roubles Curling
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Alexandra Arsenyevna Dolgopolova Reverse: Alexander Nikolaevich Bessonov |
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| Reverse description | The frosted field presents a curling scene rendered in fine detail: at left, an athlete in a crouching position sweeps the ice ahead of a sliding curling stone, while a second athlete stands to the right holding a broom in the ready position. Four curling stones are visible on the ice sheet. A panoramic mountain landscape recedes into the background, with snow-capped peaks flanked by coniferous trees at their base. Beneath the figures, the five Olympic rings appear in proof finish, surmounted by the inscription СОЧИ 2014 in polished relief lettering within the frosted field. |
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| Edge | 134 reeds |
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Issued to mark the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics — the most expensive Games in history at an estimated $51 billion USD, dwarfing the original $12 billion budget — this piece belongs to a sprawling Russian commemorative program that flooded the market with Olympic-themed gold and silver issues across multiple denominations for several years running. Collector saturation was real, and secondary market premiums on individual pieces from the series remained modest long after the flame went out.
Curling was first contested at the 1924 Chamonix Games, then absent from the official program for decades before its permanent reinstatement at Nagano in 1998.