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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.
Kazan, situated on the Volga River, is the capital of Tatarstan Republic and a significant economic, scientific, and cultural hub in Russia. Founded over 1000 years ago, as evidenced by a Czech coin discovered in the Kazan Kremlin dating back to the 929-930s, the city initially served as an outpost on the northern borders of Volzhkaya Bulgaria. Rapid development in the 13th-14th centuries transformed Kazan into a vital trade and political center of the Golden Horde, benefitting from its strategic location on trade routes between East and West.
In 1438, Kazan was declared the capital of the Kazan Khanate. However, conflicts with the Moscow state ensued, leading to its conquest by Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible in 1552.
Issue date: 19.05.2005
Obverse
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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 Saint Petersburg Mint trademark is at the bottom of the disc. БАНК РОССИИ |
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Reverse
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Architectural panorama of the town, above the coat of arms of Kazan, over it on a ribbon the semicircular inscription: ANCIENT TOWNS OF RUSSIA, below the inscription along the rim KAZAN. ДРЕВНИЕ ГОРОДА РОССИИ |
| Edge |
300 corrugations and the inscription ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ (TEN RUBLES) recurring twice and divided by asterisks ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ⋆ ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ⋆ |
10 Rubles
Y# 943 Schön# 869 CBR# 5514-0025
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
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| Alignment | Medal |
| Mint |
Saint Petersburg Mint (SPMD)
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