50 Roubles Black Sea Aphalina

Features

Issuer	Russia › Russian Federation (1991-date)
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Russia (Банк России)
Period	Russian Federation (1991-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1993
Value	50 Roubles (50 RUR)
Currency	Rouble (1992-1997)
Composition	Bimetallic: aluminium bronze centre in copper-nickel ring
Weight	6 g
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	1 January 1998
Number	N# 14643
References	Y# 334 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes). , CBR# 5516-0005 Central Bank of Russia (https://www.cbr.ru/eng/cash_circulation/memorable_coins/coins_base/) , Schön# 293 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Red book series Automatically translated

Series: Red Data Book

Obverse

In the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by artist I. Bilibin), under it to the right - the mint trademark. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ 1993 г.» (FIFTY ROUBLES 1993), at the bottom — "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
50 РУБЛЕЙ 1993г.
ЛМД
БАНК РОССИИ

Translation:
Roubles
LMD
Bank of Russia

Engraver: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov (Александр Васильевич Бакланов)

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov (Александр Васильевич Бакланов)

Reverse

A Black Sea Aphalina with a sea wave in the background, the inscriptions along the rim separated by two dots: at the top - "КРАСНАЯ КНИГА" (THE RED DATA BOOK), at the bottom - "ЧЕРНОМОРСКАЯ АФАЛИНА" (BLACK SEA APHALINA).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
КРАСНАЯ КНИГА
ЧЕРНОМОРСКАЯ АФАЛИНА

Translation:
THE RED DATA BOOK
BLACK SEA APHALINA

Engraver: Nikolay Alexandrovich Nosov

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov (Александр Васильевич Бакланов)

Edge

Twelve sections with ten corrugations each.

Mint

(ЛМД)

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation (1724-date)

Comments

Date of issue: 29 SEP 1993

The Black Sea Aphalina - a very rare sub-species of the dolphin family.

Coins weight varies 5.85-6.10 g. There is no now reliable information about the coin's standard weight.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1993 ЛМД			300 000				$ 8.10	$ 11	$ 11	$ 13

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 174 Lot 1261	15 Nov 2025	UNC	USD 11.61 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 123 Lot 1458	27 Apr 2024	UNC	USD 11.61 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 88 Lot 1660	28 Jun 2023	UNC	USD 12.77 (EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 84 Lot 755	27 May 2023	UNC	USD 16.25 (EUR 14.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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