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50 Roubles Peter I
| Issuer | Arktikugol (Spitsbergen, Norway) |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | Rouble |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the Russian double-headed eagle displayed, crowned, with wings spread, holding orb and sceptre, set within a beaded inner circle. A secondary circular legend reading 'АРКТИКУГОЛЬ' repeated six times runs between the inner and outer borders. The upper outer legend reads '400 ЛЕТ ДОМУ РОМАНОВЫХ' and the lower exergue bears the denomination and date '∙ 50 РУБЛЕЙ 2013 г. ∙', all in Cyrillic script. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Arktikugol is a Soviet-era Russian state trust that has operated coal mines on Svalbard since 1931, exploiting Norway's obligation under the 1920 Svalbard Treaty to permit signatories equal commercial access to the archipelago. The company has issued token coinage for use within its Barentsburg settlement for decades — a largely self-contained community where Russian miners have little use for Norwegian krone.
The gold plating here is cosmetic. These 2013 issues are collector pieces, not pit tokens, produced well after Arktikugol's scrip coinage had any genuine transactional role in Barentsburg.