Series: Red Data Book
The Black Sea Bottle-Nosed Dolphin (Aphalina)

Date of issue: 24.10.1995
Catalogue number: 5109-0009

 

Denomination Quality Metal, fineness Total weight, G Fine metal
content not less than, G
Diameter, mm Thickness, mm Mintage, pcs.
1ruble Proof Silver 900/1000 17.44 (±0.16) 15.55 33.00 (±0.20) 2.40 (±0.20) 50000

 

 



The obverse:



in the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — «ОДИН РУБЛЬ 1995 г.» (ONE RUBLE 1995), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).

 

The reverse:



a picture of a Black Sea bottle-nosed dolphin, below - the inscription along the rim: "ЧЕРНОМОРСКАЯ АФАЛИНА" (BLACK SEA BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN).


The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptors N.A. Nosov, L.S. Kamshilov
St. Petersburg Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 252 corrugations

The Black Sea bottle-nosed dolphin (Aphalina) - a very rare sub-species of the dolphin family.

 





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