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Medallion - Year of the Monkey
| Location | Russia |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | A stylized frontal portrait of a monkey rendered in engraved line relief against a matte field, depicting the face and upper body of the animal in a bold, graphic design style. The device fills most of the coin's surface with no legend or inscription. |
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| Reverse description | The large Chinese character 猴 (monkey) dominates the center of the field in bold relief, flanked by decorative bamboo stalks and leaves rendered in fine engraved detail. A small maker's monogram or mint mark appears in the lower exergue area below the central character. |
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| Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
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