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5 Rubles

 
  • 5 Rubles Russia, Federation 2015, Reverse. Photo © Bank of Russia
  • 5 Rubles Russia, Federation 2015, Obverse. Photo © Bank of Russia
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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.

Type Commemorative issue (Circulating)
Material Nickel Plated Steel
Weight 6 g
Diametr 25 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint Moscow Mint (MMD)
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

Reverse

The image of a globe standing on a book, surrounded by a scroll, a telescope and olive branches, under them the inscription: FOUNDED in 1845, the inscription along the rim: RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY divided below by a dot.

Artist: A. D. Schablykin, sculptor: E. A. Tolzin

Edge

12 sections by 5 corrugations each.

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27.11.2017