2 Roubles M.I. Kutuzov

1995 year


Silver (.500)	15.87 g	33.00 mm

Description

Issuer	Russia
Period	Russian Federation (1991-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	1995
Value	2 Roubles (2&nbspRUR)
Currency	Rouble (1991-1997)
Composition	Silver (.500)
Weight	15.87 g
Diameter	33.00 mm
Thickness	2.40 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	1 January 1998
Updated	2024-10-07

References

Numista	N#28931
Rarity index	74%

Reverse

A portrait of M.A. Kutuzov, below - a laurel branch, to the right - two dates in the lines "1745" and "1813", the inscription along the rim - "ГЕНЕРАЛ-ФЕЛЬДМАРШАЛ КНЯЗЬ ГОЛЕНИЩЕВ-КУТУЗОВ СМОЛЕНСКИЙ" (FIELD-MARSHAL-GENERAL PRINCE GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV-SMOLENSKY).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
ГЕНЕРАЛ-ФЕЛЬДМАРШАЛ КНЯЗЬ ГОЛЕНИЩЕВ-КУТУЗОВ СМОЛЕНСКИЙ
1745
1813

Translation: GENERAL-FIELDMARSHAL PRINCE GOLENISHCHEV-KUTUZOV SMOLENSKY

Engraver: Ivan Ivanovich Kopytkin

Designer: Ivan Ivanovich Kopytkin

Edge

195 corrugations

Comment

Date of issue: 14 SEP 1995

Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745-1813) - a Russian army commander, field-marshal-General. A disciple of Alexander Suvorov, he fought in the 18th-century Russian-Turkish wars. He won his spurs when he took by storm the Turkish fortress Izmail and became a national hero when as the commander-in-chief of the Russian army he fought the French army at Borodino near Moscow in 1812, and later forced Napoleon and his troops to flee and suffer heavy losses on the River Berezina.

Interesting fact

The 2 Roubles (M.I. Kutuzov) 1995 coin from Russia features an image of Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, a prominent Russian military leader and statesman who played a key role in the Napoleonic Wars. The coin was issued to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Kutuzov's birth.

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1995 ММД	200000	-	-	-	-	-	-

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