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Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia
The 125th Anniversary of the Birth of I.A. Bunin
Date of issue: 10.10.1995
Catalogue number: 5110-0012
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Quality |
Metal, fineness
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Total weight, G |
Fine metal
content not less than, G
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Diameter, mm |
Thickness, mm |
Mintage, pcs. |
| 2 rubles |
Proof |
Silver 500/1000 |
15.87 (±0.15) |
7.78 |
33.00 (±0.20) |
2.40 (±0.20) |
200000 |
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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 — «ДВА РУБЛЯ 1995 г.» (TWO RUBLES 1995), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).
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The reverse: |
a portrait of I.A. Bunin, to the left - a Russian church and birch twig, to the right - the Eiffel Tower and a rose lying on a manuscript, below - the writer's facsimile signature, at the top - two dates: to the left - "1870", to the right - "1953".
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The artist: A.A. Kolodkin
The sculptors: V. I. Zaslavsky, A.S. Khazov
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 195 corrugations
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Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin - a Russian writer, depicted the degradation of gentry's estates and the hard life of the Russian peasantry. In 1920 he emigrated from Russia. In 1933 he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
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