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5 Roubles Kuril Islands Landing Operation
2020 year| Nickel plated steel | 6 g | 25 mm |
| Issuer | Russia |
|---|---|
| Period | Russian Federation (1991-date) |
| Type | Circulating commemorative coin |
| Year | 2020 |
| Value | 5 Roubles 5 RUB = USD 0.05 |
| Currency | Rouble (1998-date) |
| Composition | Nickel plated steel |
| Weight | 6 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-10-07 |
| Numista | N#235495 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 19% |
Reverse
A relief image of the Monument of Soviet Army Soldiers – Liberators of the Kuril Islands in 1945; along the rim there are the inscriptions ‘КУРИЛЬСКАЯ ДЕСАНТНАЯ ОПЕРАЦИЯ’ (KURIL ISLANDS LANDING OPERATION) and ‘1945 г.’ (1945).
Script: Cyrillic
Lettering:
КУРИЛЬСКАЯ ДЕСАНТНАЯ ОПЕРАЦИЯ
1945 г.
Translation: Kuril Islands Landing Operation
Engraver: Eduard Alexeevich Tolzin
Designer: Anton Dmitrievich Schablykin
Edge
12 sections with 5 corrugations each
Comment
Date of issue: 12 AUG 2020The Kuril landing operation of 1945 was an operation of the 2nd Far Eastern Front (Army General M.A. Purkayev) and the forces of the Pacific Fleet (Admiral I.S. Yumashev), conducted on 18 August – 2 September during the Soviet-Japanese war of 1945.
Monuments have been erected in the cities of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in memory of the Soviet soldiers who perished during the operation.
Source: http://mil.ru
Interesting fact
The Kuril Islands Landing Operation coin features an image of a Soviet soldier waving the Soviet flag on the shore of one of the Kuril Islands, symbolizing the Soviet Union's victory in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Price
| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ММД | 2000000 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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