A coin commemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Referendum on the status of Crimea and Sevastopol and Crimea’s reunion with Russia

Obverse

in the center of the disc there is a two-line inscription of denomination ‘5 РУБЛЕЙ’ (5 RUBLES) and ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA) below, at the bottom there is the year of issue ‘2019 г.’ (2019), on the left and on the right there are stylised images of plant branches, and on the right at the rim there is the mint’s trademark.

Reverse

a relief image of the Kerch Strait Bridge connecting the Russian mainland to Crimea against the background of a stylised map of the Crimean Peninsula and expanding rays.

Authors

The artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), computer simulation (reverse).
Mint: Moscow Mint (ММД).
The edge: 12 sections with 5 corrugations each.

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A coin commemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Referendum on the status of Crimea and Sevastopol and Crimea’s reunion with Russia

Catalogue number: 5712-0050

The Crimean Peninsula was integrated in the Russian Empire in 1783, following the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. The territory was intensively developed and new towns were built. In 1784, the port of Sevastopol was founded to become the homeport of the Black Sea Fleet. In 1954, the Soviet leadership decided to transfer the Crimean region to the Ukrainian SSR. After Ukraine gained independence in 1991, the peninsula remained its part as an autonomous Republic of Crimea. On 16 March 2014, the Crimean population determined the future of the peninsula at the referendum. In the follow-up to the referendum, and following the request of the authorities of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, on 18 March 2014, an agreement on their integration in the Russian Federation was signed in Moscow. The respective constitutional law came into force on 21 March 2014.