1000 Roubles (The International Arctic Year) 2007 front 1000 Roubles (The International Arctic Year) 2007 back
1000 Roubles (The International Arctic Year) 2007 photo
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1000 Roubles The International Arctic Year

2007 year
Gold (.999) 156.40 g 50 mm
Description
Issuer
Russia
Period
Russian Federation (1991-date)
Type
Non-circulating coin
Year
2007
Value
1000 Roubles 1000 RUB = USD 10
Currency
Rouble (1998-date)
Composition
Gold (.999)
Weight
156.40 g
Diameter
50 mm
Thickness
5.70 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-10-07
References
Numista
N#79037
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

In the centre – the icebreaker «Lenin» laying the way through ice, behind it – a transport ship. The inscription on top along the rim divided by a stylized map of the Arctic area: «МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ПОЛЯРНЫЙ ГОД» (THE INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC YEAR).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering: МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ПОЛЯРНЫЙ ГОД

Translation: The International Arctic Year

Engraver: Ivan Ivanovich Kopytkin

Designers: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov, Anton Dmitrievich Schablykin, Elena Viktorovna Kramskaya

Edge

210 corrugations

Comment

Date of issue: 09 JAN 2007

The icebreaker «Lenin», the first nuclear-powered civil vessel in the world, intended to lay ways for transport ships through the Northern Sea Route and also for expeditionary navigation in Arctic regions, was launched on December 5, 1957.

Interesting fact

The 1000 Roubles (The International Arctic Year) 2007 coin from Russia made of Gold (.999) weighing 156.40 g is a unique and rare coin that features a polar bear on its obverse side, symbolizing the Arctic region and its fragile ecosystem.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2007 ММД 250 - - - - - -

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