Marbled Murrelet

Series:Red Data Book

Date of Issue

03.10.2005

Catalogue number

5109-0074

Red Data Book

Date of Issue

03.10.2005

Catalogue number

5109-0074

Denomination

1 ruble

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 925/1000

Total weight, g

17.00 (±0.18)

Fine metal content not less than, g

15.55

Diameter, mm

33.00(±0.20)

Thickness, mm

2.40 (±0.20)

Mintage, pcs

10,000

Obverse

in the centre – the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, 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 – the year of issue «2005», 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 relief picture of two marbled murrelets. The inscription along the rim: «ДЛИННОКЛЮВЫЙ ПЫЖИК» (MARBLED MURRELET).

Authors

The Artist: A.A. Dolgopolova.
The Sculptor: A.V. Baklanov.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The Edge: 252 Corrugations.

The Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) isoccurred on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Sakhalin Island, in same places of Kamchatka lakes aswell as in shores of Prymorsky region and Kuril Islands.It is protected by the State.

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