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25 Roubles The Bolshoi Theater

2001 year
Silver (.900) 173.29 g 60 mm
Description
Issuer
Russia
Period
Russian Federation (1991-date)
Type
Non-circulating coin
Year
2001
Value
25 Roubles 25 RUB = USD 0.26
Currency
Rouble (1998-date)
Composition
Silver (.900)
Weight
173.29 g
Diameter
60 mm
Thickness
6.80 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-10-07
References
Numista
N#71831
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

A scene from the S.S. Prokofiev’s Ballet «Romeo and Julia», over it — the building of the Bolshoi Theater and the date «225», the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР» (BOLSHOI THEATER), at the bottom — «РОМЕО И ДЖУЛЬETТA» (ROMEO AND JULIET).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР
РОМЕО И ДЖУЛЬЕТТA

Translation:
BOLSHOI THEATER
ROMEO AND JULIET

Engraver: Igor Sergeevich Komshilov

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Edge

252 corrugations

Comment

Date of issue: 28 MAR 2001

The Ballet «Romeo and Juliet» was produced in 1940. The Prokofiev’s music achieved for the first time in the Ballet’s history the standard of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Interesting fact

The Bolshoi Theater coin was designed by artist A. V. Bakhrushin and features a depiction of the iconic Moscow theater on one side, and a portrait of Russian composer Mikhail Glinka on the other. The coin was issued in 2001 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Glinka's birth.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2001 СПМД 2000 - - - - - -

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