50 Rubles Peregrine Falcon

Features

Issuer	Russia
Period	Russian Federation (1991-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	1994
Value	50 Rubles (50 RUR)
Currency	Ruble (1991-1997)
Composition	Bimetallic: aluminium-bronze centre in copper-nickel ring
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 14647
References	Y# 370, Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States. And 1 more volumes. CBR# 5516-0009, Central Bank of Russia (https://www.cbr.ru/eng/cash_circulation/memorable_coins/coins_base/) Schön# 342 Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Series: Red Data Book

Series: Red Book

Obverse

The two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the inscriptions along the rim framed by an ornament: at the top — «50 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.» (50 RUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
50 РУБЛЕЙ 1994г.
ЛМД
БАНК РОССИИ

Translation:
Rubles
LMD
Bank of Russia

Engraver: Alexander Baklanov

Designer: A.V. Baklanov

Reverse

The relief picture of a peregrine falcon, the inscriptions along the rim separated by two dots: at the top - "КРАСНАЯ КНИГА" (RED DATA BOOK), at the bottom - САПСАН" (FALCON).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
КРАСНАЯ КНИГА
САПСАН

Translation:
RED DATA BOOK
FALCON

Engraver: S.M. Ivanov

Designer: A.V. Baklanov

Edge

252 corrugations

Mint

(ЛМД)

Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)

Comments

The falcon (sapsan) widely spread in tundra and wooden zones of the European part of Russia, in the Western, Central and Eastern Siberia, in the Far East, Kamchatka, Sakhalin is under protection in the great number of preserves. To breed the falcon the nursery in Oksky Preserves was set up.

Date of issue: 10.11.1994
Coins weight varies 5.85-6.10 g. There is no now reliable information about the coin's standard weight.

See also

• Bird

• 1 Ruble (Peregrine falcon)

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