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  • 5 Rubles 1997-1999, Y# 606, Russia, Federation
  • 5 Rubles 1997-1999, Y# 606, Russia, Federation
  • 5 Rubles 1997-1999, Y# 606, Russia, Federation
Description

According to the most popular version, the word "ruble" is derived from the Russian verb "rubit", meaning "to chop", to cut, to hack, as ruble was considered as a cutout piece of a silver Gryvna.

Obverse

Depicts the emblem of the Bank of Russia, the double-headed eagle without a crown, sceptre and globus cruciger. It is exactly the same eagle, that the artist Ivan Bilibin painted after the February Revolution as a coat of arms for the Russian Republic.

Under the eagle the denomination FIVRE RUBLES, to the right under the eagle’s paw the mintmark (ММД or СПМД), on the top along the rim the semicircular inscription BANK OF RUSSIA, on the bottom two horizontal lines divided by a dot and the year of mintage under it.

БАНК РОССИИ
ММД
ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ
1998

Reverse

In the centre, a little to the left denomination of the coin: the figure 5 and word under it RUBLES written horizontal, below along the rim and on the right part of the disc the stylized vegetable ornament in form of a branch with two interwoven caulescents.

5
РУБЛЕЙ

Edge

12 sections each plain and reeded

5 Rubles

Y# 606 Schön# 568
Characteristics
Material Copper Nickel Clad Copper
Weight 6.45 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mints
Moscow Mint (MMD)
Saint Petersburg Mint (SPMD)

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