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50 Roubles Summer Olympic Games
| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 50 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Centered in the field is the double-headed eagle emblem of the Bank of Russia, designed by Ivan Bilibin, with wings displayed. A beaded inner circle frames the eagle, with the semicircular legend БАНК РОССИИ (Bank of Russia) below it. Along the upper rim runs the denomination legend ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ (Fifty Roubles), while the date 2000 appears along the lower rim. To the left of the eagle the metal purity mark Au 900 is inscribed, and to the right the fine metal content 7.78 g and the Moscow Mint monogram ММД. |
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| Obverse lettering | ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ БАНК РОССИИ • Au 900 • 2000 г. • 7,78 ММД • (Translation: Fifty Roubles Bank of Russia MMD) |
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Part of Russia's extensive Olympic commemorative program for the Sydney Games, this issue belongs to a series that the Bank of Russia produced in tiered denominations — 1, 3, 10, 50, and 100 roubles — spanning gold, silver, and base metal. The 50-rouble gold denomination targets the middle of that range, struck in the same .900 fineness the Soviet mint had used for decades before it.
Mintage for individual pieces in this Sydney series varied sharply by denomination, with the higher-value gold strikes typically capped below 1,000 pieces.