The Angel on the Steeple of the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress

Historical Series:300th Anniversary of Founding the City of Saint Petersburg

Date of Issue

31.01.2003

Catalogue number

5109-0058

300th Anniversary of Founding the City of Saint Petersburg

Date of Issue

31.01.2003

Catalogue number

5109-0058

Denomination

1 ruble

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 925/1000

Total weight, g

8.53 (±0.09)

Fine metal content not less than, g

7.78

Diameter, mm

25.00 (±0.20)

Thickness, mm

2.20 (±0.20)

Mintage, pcs

5,000

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 "2003", 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 an angel with the cross in his hands. The inscription at the bottom along the rim - "САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ" (SAINT PETERSBURG).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptor: A.S. Kunats.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 200 corrugations.

The weathercock designed as a flying angel with the cross in his hands is installed on the steeple of the belfry of the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg (1712 - 1733, the architect D.Trezzini).

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