50 Roubles Summer Olympic Games

Features

Issuer Russia
Period Russian Federation (1991-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2000
Value 50 Roubles
50 RUB = USD 0.54
Currency Rouble (1998-date)
Composition Gold (.900)
Weight 8.75 g
Diameter 22.60 mm
Thickness 1.50 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
71436
References Y# 672,
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# 5216-0027,
Central Bank of Russia (https://www.cbr.ru/eng/cash_circulation/memorable_coins/coins_base/)
Schön# 651
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

The XXVIIth Summer Olympic Games. Sydney 2000

Obverse

In the center - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin, lower - the semicircular inscription - "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA) framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ" (FIFTY ROUBLES), at the bottom - the date "2000", the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Scripts: Cyrillic, Latin

Lettering:
ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Au 900 • 2000 г. • 7,78 ММД •

Translation:
Fifty Roubles
Bank of Russia
MMD

Engraver: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Reverse

A runner with a torch in the hand, to the left - the figure "2000", in the background - outlines of the Australian continent. At the top - the inscription in three lines: "XXVII ЛЕТНИЕ ОЛИМПИЙСКИЕ ИГРЫ" (THE XXVIIth SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES), at the bottom - a kangaroo and the inscription: "СИДНЕЙ" (SYDNEY) divided by a horizontal line.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
XXVII
ЛЕТНИЕ
ОЛИМПИЙСКИЕ ИГРЫ
2000
СИДНЕЙ

Translation:
Summer Olympic Games
Sydney

Engraver: Alexander Sergeevich Khazov

Designer: Sergey Alexandrovich Kornilov

Edge

200 corrugations

Mint

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

Comments

Date of issue: 18 APR 2000

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2000 ММД 1 000 Proof; Moscow Mint

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