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50 Roubles Judo
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 50 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the Russian State Emblem: a double-headed eagle displayed with wings spread, set against a mirror-polished field. The denomination ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ (Fifty Roubles) is inscribed in large Cyrillic letters along the upper arc, while БАНК РОССИИ (Bank of Russia) appears along the lower arc, separated by a dotted inner border. The fineness designation «Au 999» is incused at the lower left, the weight «7,78» at the lower right flanking the Moscow Mint (ММД) privy mark, and the date «2012 г.» is positioned at the bottom of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ БАНК РОССИИ • Au 999 • 2012 г. • 7,78 ММД • (Translation: FIFTY ROUBLES BANK OF RUSSIA • Gold 999 • 2012 • 7.78 MMD •) |
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Issued to mark Russia's performance at the 2012 London Olympics, where Russian judoka Mansur Isaev and Lasha Talakhadze's sport was politically charged — judo being Vladimir Putin's personal discipline and a subject of genuine Kremlin prestige investment. Russia finished the London Games with eight gold medals, and state mint commemoratives tied to athletic events were a deliberate soft-power exercise throughout this period.
Struck to .999 fineness at 7.78 g, this falls within the standard quarter-ounce commemorative format the Bank of Russia used consistently for Olympic sports issues that year, with mintages typically capped at 1,000 pieces.