Rose-colored gull

Series:Red Data Book

Date of Issue

17.06.1999

Catalogue number

5109-0041

Red Data Book

Date of Issue

17.06.1999

Catalogue number

5109-0041

Denomination

1 ruble

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 900/1000

Total weight, g

17.44 (±0.16)

Fine metal content not less than, g

15.55

Diameter, mm

33.0 (± 0.20)

Thickness, mm

2.40 (±0.20)

Mintage, pcs

15,000

Obverse

in the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin, lower - the semicircular inscription — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA) framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim:at the top —«ОДИН РУБЛЬ» (ONE RUBLE), at the bottom — «1999», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right — the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the picture of a gull. The inscription at the bottom along the rim: «РОЗОВАЯ ЧАЙКА» (THE ROSE COLORED GULL).

Authors

The artist: A.S.Kunats
The sculptor: A.S.Kunats
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД)
The edge: 252 corrugations

The rose colored gull (Rhodostethia rosea MacGillivray) nestles in the Eastern Siberia in the mouths of the rivers Indigirka and Kolyma as well as on the peninsula Taimir and in Tschaunskaya lowland.It is protected by the State.

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