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Cancer

Date of Issue
02.06.2004
Catalogue number
5216-0052
Signs of the Zodiac
Date of Issue
02.06.2004
Catalogue number
5216-0052
Denomination
50 rubles
Quality
UNC
Metal, fineness
Gold 999/1000
Total weight, g
7.89 (±0.10)
Fine metal content not less than, g
7.78
Diameter, mm
22.60(±0.15)
Thickness, mm
1.60 (±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 – «ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ» (FIFTY RUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2004», 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 crawfish against the backgroundof stars, to the left – the sign of the Cancer Zodiac constellation.

Authors

The artist: S.A. Kozlov.A.D. Shablykin.
The sculptors: A.O. Krasnov.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПMД).
The edge: 134 corrugations

The Cancer constellation situated in the Northern Hemisphere contains 102 stars visible with the naked eye.

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