The City of Moscow

Series:The Capitals of the Member States of the EAEC

Date of Issue

01.11.2008

Catalogue number

5111-0175

The Capitals of the Member States of the EAEC

Date of Issue

01.11.2008

Catalogue number

5111-0175

Denomination

3 rubles

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 925/1000

Total weight, g

33.94 (±0.31)

Fine metal content not less than, g

31.10

Diameter, mm

39.00 (±0.30)

Thickness, mm

3.30 (±0.35)

Mintage, pcs

5,000

Obverse

in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" (THREE RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2008 г." (2008), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

from below to upwards in a spiral - image of the architectural panorama of Moscow of the XIXth-XXIth centuries: the Temple of Christ the Savior, a building in the Tverskaya Street, the tall building on the Vosstaniya Square, the Yury Dolgorukiy Monument, the Ostankino TV tower, the building complex "Moscow-City", to the left above - the emblem of the Eurasian Economic Community, under it - the abbreviation: "УврАзЭС" (EAEC), to the right below - the inscription "МОСКВА" (MOSCOW).

Authors

The artist: S.V. Sutyagin.
The sculptor: A.I. Molostov.
Mint: Moscow Mint (ММД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.

The Capital of the Russian Federation Moscow is one of the biggest political, industrial, scientific and cultural centres of the world.

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