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  • 10 Rubles 2006, Y# 947, Russia, Federation, Ancient Towns of Russia, Belgorod
  • 10 Rubles 2006, Y# 947, Russia, Federation, Ancient Towns of Russia, Belgorod
Description

In 2002 the Central Bank of the Russian Federation began an annual program that each year commemorates some of their historical towns on bi-metallic 10 Ruble coins. The coins picture the city and its arms on one side and has the standard Russian 10 Ruble obverse on the other. Unlike a lot of coin programs throughout the world there is no set regularity to the number of coins released each year in this series, with some years seeing 4 coins issued and other years only 3.

Belgorod, the capital of the Belgorod region in southern European Russia, is situated along the banks of the Seversky Donets River. Initially mentioned in 1237, the settlement on present-day Belgorod territory was destroyed during Batu Khan's invasion but was officially founded again in 1596 by order of Tsar Feodor I Ioannovich. Originally established as a fortress defending Russia's southern border from Crimean Tatars, the region later lost its military significance when Russia's border moved southward, becoming part of the Kursk guberniya of the Russian Empire.

Issue date: 02.10.2006

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
2006
ММД

Reverse

Depicts an architectural panorama of the town, above the coat of arms of Belgorod, over it on a ribbon the semicircular inscription: ANCIENT TOWNS OF RUSSIA, below the inscription along the rim BELGOROD.

Coat of Arms of Belgorod: In a blue field, a rising golden lion with a red tongue and white eyes, teeth, and claws; above it, soaring to the right with outstretched wings, a white eagle with yellow eyes, tongue, beak, claws, and paws. The modern coat of arms of the city of Belgorod is based on the banner emblem of the 1712 Belgorod Infantry Regiment, which displayed valor in the Battle of Poltava.

ДРЕВНИЕ ГОРОДА РОССИИ
БЕЛГОРОД

Edge

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

ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ⋆ ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ⋆

10 Rubles

Y# 947 Schön# 935 CBR# 5514-0039
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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