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Medal - Chinese Zodiac Year of the Snake
| Location | Russian Federation (1991-date) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | A highly detailed close-up relief depiction of a snake's head and coiled body fills the field, with finely rendered scales and a prominent slit-pupiled eye in high relief. The background features diagonal line-engraved panels framing the central motif. No legend is present on this side. |
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| Reverse description | The central field bears the large Chinese character 蛇 (snake) in high relief, enclosed within a plain inner circle. The mintmark of the Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД) appears below the character. A decorative border of interlaced scrollwork and stylized wave ornaments frames the entire design. |
| Reverse script | Chinese/Cyrillic |
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