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  • 10 Rubles 2006, Y# 940, Russia, Federation, Russian Federation, Primorsky Krai
  • 10 Rubles 2006, Y# 940, Russia, Federation, Russian Federation, Primorsky Krai
Description

In 2005 the Central Bank of Russia commenced a series of bi-metallic 10 Rubles coins paying tribute to the regions of the Russian Federation. According to the Russian Constitution, the Russian Federation consists of republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal importance, an autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs, all of which are equal subjects of the Russian Federation. Three Russian cities of federal importance have a status of both city and separate federal subject. In 1993, there were 89 federal subjects listed. By 2008, the number of federal subjects had been decreased to 83 because of several mergers. In 2014, Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea became the 84th and 85th federal subjects of Russia.

Issue date: 01.08.2006

Obverse

Depicts the inscriptions along the circumference BANK OF RUSSIA at the top and date at the bottom. There are images of branches of the bay tree and oak tree on the left and on the right of the outer ring, respectively, their elements extending onto the disc. The number ‘10’ and the inscription RUBLES below denoting the face value of the coin are in the centre of the disc. The digit ‘0’ features a security element inside in the form of the figure ‘10’ and the inscription RUB visible at various viewing angles to the coin surface. The Moscow Mint trademark is at the bottom of the disc.

БАНК РОССИИ
10
РУБЛЕЙ
ММД
2006

Reverse

The coat of arms of Primorsky Krai, the inscriptions along the rim divided by two dots: above RUSSIAN FEDERATION, below PRIMORSKY KRAI.

Primorsky Krai, informally known as Primorye, is a federal subject in Russia situated in the Far East region and part of the Far Eastern Federal District. With Vladivostok as its administrative center, it holds the largest economy among the federal subjects in the Russian Far East. Sharing the only border with North Korea along the Tumen River, it features the expansive Peter the Great Gulf on its south coast. Historically part of Manchuria, it became Russian territory in 1860, forming most of Primorskaya Oblast. Primorsky Krai, with a rich history including a stint in the Far Eastern Republic during the Russian Civil War, is home to the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet and is renowned as the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

The modern coat of arms of Primorsky Krai is a traditional green shield with a blue Saint Andrew's Cross (diagonal cross) and a golden tiger going to the left below.

Artist: A. D. Schablykin
Sculptor: I. I. Kopytkin

• РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ •
ПРИМОРСКИЙ КРАЙ

Edge

300 corrugations and the inscription ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ (TEN RUBLES) recurring twice and divided by asterisks

ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ⋆ ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ⋆

10 Rubles

Y# 940 Schön# 930 CBR# 5514-0034
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Brass
Center Cupronickel
Weight 8.4 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 2.1 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Moscow Mint (MMD)

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