2 Roubles Alexei Savrasov

Features

Issuer Russia
Period Russian Federation (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1997
Value 2 Roubles (2 RUR)
Currency Rouble (1991-1997)
Composition Silver (.500)
Weight 15.87 g
Diameter 33.00 mm
Thickness 2.40 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 1 January 1998
Number
N#
28938
References Y# 584,
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# 5110-0020,
Central Bank of Russia (https://www.cbr.ru/eng/cash_circulation/memorable_coins/coins_base/)
Schön# 529
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

100th Anniversary of the Death of Alexei Savrasov

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Obverse

The two-headed eagle designed by artist I. Bilibin. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ДВА РУБЛЯ 1997 г.» (TWO ROUBLES 1997), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA). The letters below indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the fine metal content and the mint trademark.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
ДВА РУБЛЯ 1997г.
Ag 500 ММД 7,78
БАНК РОССИИ

Translation:
TWO ROUBLES
MMD
BANK OF RUSSIA

Engraver: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Reverse

The portrait of A.K. Savrasov and a palette with paint-brushes against a background of a fragment of his picture «The Rooks Have Come Back». Below to the left in two lines – the dates «1830» and «1897», at the bottom – the painter’s facsimile signature.

Script: Cyrillic (cursive)

Lettering:
1830
1897
А. Саврасов

Translation: A. Savrasov

Engravers: Andrey Sergevich Kunats, Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Edge

195 corrugations

Mint

Mintmark of Moscow Mint (ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)

Comments

Date of issue: 30 SEP 1997

Aleksey Kondratiyevich Savrasov (1830-1897) – Russian painter, member of the democratic group of the Russian school of realist painters of the second half of the XIXth century named Peredvizhniki, one of the fathers of the Russian realist landscape painting – reproduced the poetic beauty of the Russian nature and significance of the daily urban and country life («The Rooks Have Come Back», «The View of the Kremlin by Foul Weather», «The Elk Island in Sokolniki»).

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1997 ММД Photo 15 000 $ 15 Proof

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2 Roubles (Alexei Savrasov)
Katz
Auction 101
Lot 1685
Internet Archive
18 Nov 2023 UNC USD 5.39
(EUR 5.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2 Roubles (Alexei Savrasov)
Katz
Auction 72
Lot 2152
Internet Archive
21 Dec 2022 UNC USD 15.09
(EUR 14.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2 Roubles (Alexei Savrasov)
Katz
Auction 69
Lot 2120
Internet Archive
29 Oct 2022 UNC USD 17.25
(EUR 16.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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