Obverse. Photo © Bank of Russia
  • 5 Rubles 2014, CBR# 5712-0021, Russia, Federation, 70th Anniversary of Great Patriotic War Victory (1941-1945), Baltic Offensive
  • 5 Rubles 2014, CBR# 5712-0021, Russia, Federation, 70th Anniversary of Great Patriotic War Victory (1941-1945), Baltic Offensive
Description

The Baltic Offensive denotes the campaign between the northern Fronts of the Red Army and the German Army Group North in the Baltic States during the autumn of 1944. The result of the series of battles was the isolation and encirclement of the Army Group North in the Courland Pocket.

Date of issue: 25.11.2014

Obverse

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).

Artist: E. V. Kramskaya

5
ММД
РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
2014

Reverse

Depicts the monument to the Soviet Soldier in Tallinn, surrounded by the inscriptions BALTIC OFFENSIVE above and GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945 below.

Artist: L. A. Yevdokimova
Sculptor: E. A. Yastrebova

★ ПРИБАЛТИЙСКАЯ ОПЕРАЦИЯ ★
ВЕЛИКАЯ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННАЯ ВОЙНА 1941-1945 гг.

Edge

12 sections by 5 corrugations

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Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Nickel Plated Steel
Weight 6 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Moscow Mint (MMD)

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