The Bank of Russia prepared a catalogue of commemorative and investment coins issued in 2018.
The commemorative coin ‘The Magic of Theatre’ issued in the run-up to the Year of Theatre in Russia was a real treasure for art lovers. To celebrate the anniversary of Vladimir Vysotsky, the Bank of Russia issued the following commemorative coins: ‘The Creative Work of Vladimir Vysotsky’ and ‘The Poet and Actor Vladimir Vysotsky’.
Some cities marking anniversaries of their foundation were also bestowed commemorative coins: ‘The 400th Anniversary of the Foundation of the City of Novokuznetsk’, ‘The Bicentenary of the Foundation of the City of Grozny’, and ‘The Centenary of the Foundation of the City of Kemerovo’. The coin of non-serial issue titled ‘Cities and Territories — Participants in the Final Round of the All-Russian Voting to Select Symbols for the Bank of Russia 200- and
‘The 29th Winter Universiade of 2019 in the City of Krasnoyarsk’ series is dedicated to sports.
Moreover, coins from the following regular series continued to enter circulation in 2018: ‘Outstanding Personalities of Russia’, ‘Architectural Monuments of Russia’, ‘Treasury of World Culture’, ‘Ancient Towns of Russia’ and ‘Russian Federation’.
The ‘Russian (Soviet) Animation’ series was expanded with the ‘Just You Wait!’ coin.