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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.
Obverse
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The emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle with wings down), under it the inscription BANK OF RUSSIA, inscriptions along the rim on top FIFTY RUBLES, below to the left indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre the year of issue, to the right the fine metal content and the mint trade mark. ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ |
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Reverse
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The profile portrait of F. P. Litke, to the right of it below the inscription: F. P. LITKE, the inscription above along the rim: RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY FOUND. in 1845. Artist A. D. Schablykin, sculptor V. B. Ananyin. РУССКОЕ ГЕОГРАФИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО ОСН. в 1845 г. |
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134 corrugations |
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