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500 Roubles Japan
| Issuer | Russian-American Company |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Thickness | 4 mm |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a historical scene of the Russian diplomatic mission at Nagasaki in 1804, showing a group of figures assembled on a quayside or embassy steps in period costume, rendered in detailed relief. To the left field appears a circular medallion or mon device, and to the right a double-headed eagle cartouche, flanking the central composition. Chinese characters appear along the left border referencing the Nagasaki port and cultural exchange, while the legend 'ЯПОНИЯ' arcs prominently along the upper periphery. The inscription '1804 г.' and 'Российское посольство в Нагасаки' appear in the lower field. The scene commemorates the arrival of the Rezanov embassy to Japan and early Russo-Japanese diplomatic contact. |
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The Russian-American Company, dissolved in 1867 when Russia sold Alaska, was a tsarist-chartered trading monopoly that once controlled Pacific coastal commerce from Sitka down through California. This 2014 issue belongs to a modern commemorative series revisiting that colonial footprint — "Japan" in the denomination name refers to the company's historical trade routes into Nagasaki, one of the few ports open to foreign commerce under Edo-period isolation policy.