Flamingo
Red Data Book
Denomination
50 rubles
Quality
UNC
Alloy: ring/disk
Copper, Zinc/Copper, Nickel
Total weight, g
Fine metal content not less than, g
Diameter, mm
25.00
Thickness, mm
Mintage, pcs
300,000
Obverse
the two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the inscriptions along the rim framed by an ornament: at the top — «50 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.» (50 RUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Reverse
the relief picture of two flamingos, the inscriptions along the rim separated by two dots: at the top - "КРАСНАЯ КНИГА" (RED DATA BOOK), at the bottom - "ФЛАМИНГО" (FLAMINGO).
Authors
The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptor: I.S. Komshilov
Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 252 corrugations
The flamingo has the nestling area on the North-Eastern sea-coast of the Caspian Sea and in the South of Turga Plateau. Though the number of Hamingo today is relatively high but there is a trend of reducing it.
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