2 Roubles L.D. Landau

Features

Issuer Russia
Period Russian Federation (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2008
Value 2 Roubles
2 RUB = USD 0.022
Currency Rouble (1998-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 17 g
Diameter 33 mm
Thickness 2.40 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
68287
References Y# 1131,
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# 5110-0083,
Central Bank of Russia (https://www.cbr.ru/eng/cash_circulation/memorable_coins/coins_base/)
Schön# 1033
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Lev Davydovich Landau

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Obverse

In the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "ДВА РУБЛЯ" (TWO ROUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2008 г." (2008), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
ДВА РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 925 • 2008 г. • 15,55 СПМД

Translation:
Two Roubles
Bank of Russia
SPMD

Engraver: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Reverse

Above: to the left on the mirror area - a contour portrait of the scientist in profile, to the right on the matted surface - fragments of formulas and graphs, below: to the left, on the matted surface - the inscription in two lines "ЛАНДАУ Л.Д." (LANDAU L.D.), to the right, on the mirror area - dates in two lines "1908" and "1968".

Scripts: Cyrillic (cursive), Greek

Lettering:
Ландау 1908
Л.Д. 1968

Translation: LANDAU L.D.

Designer: Sergey Kozlov

Edge

195 corrugations

Mint

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

Comments

Date of issue: 09 JAN 2008

Landau Lev Davydovich (1908-1969) - physicist-theorist, founder of the scientific school. His creative heritage in different fields of physics is great and diverse: works on magnetism, superconductivity and superfluidity, physics of plasma, astrophysics etc. Hi was awarded with the Nobel price (1962), member of Academies of Sciences of many countries of the world.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2008 СПМД 7 500 Proof

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