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Description
The Russian Geographical Society is a learned society based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It promotes exploration and geography with research programs in fields including oceanography and ethnography. The society was founded on 6 (18) August 1845 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917, it was known as the Imperial Russian Geographical Society.
Issue date: 28.09.2015
Obverse
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Denomination 5 RUBLES in two lines, lower the inscription BANK OF RUSSIA and the issue year, to the left and to the right a stylized twig of a plant, to the right at the rim the Moscow Mint's trademark (MMD). 5 |
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Reverse
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The image of a globe standing on a book, surrounded by a scroll, a telescope and olive branches, under them the inscription: FOUNDED in 1845, the inscription along the rim: RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY divided below by a dot. РУССКОЕ ГЕОГРАФИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО |
| Edge |
12 sections by 5 corrugations each |
Characteristics
| Type | Commemorative Issue (Circulating) |
| Material | Nickel Plated Steel |
| Weight | 6 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
| Shape |
round
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| Alignment | Medal |
| Mint |
Moscow Mint (MMD)
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