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Bus Token - Samara March 1997 - D. Shostakovich
| Location | Russia |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Transportation token |
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| Obverse description | Central device features a bust portrait of composer Dmitri Shostakovich wearing glasses, surrounded by musical score fragments in the field. The curved legend along the upper left reads '7-ая Симфония Д. Шостаковича' and the date '5 марта 1942' appears in the lower exergue, commemorating the first performance of the 7th Symphony in Samara. |
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| Reverse description | Central device features the coat of arms of Samara — a shield bearing a standing white deer on a green field — with the city name САМАРА above. The date 1997 appears below the shield, flanked by the transport types АВТОБУС and ТРАМВАЙ on either side, with ТРОЛЛЕЙБУС below. The outer legend reads ДЛЯ ПРОЕЗДА В ТЕЧЕНИЕ МЕСЯЦА, indicating validity for one month of travel. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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