2 Roubles Space Flight of Yuri Gagarin

Features

Issuer	Russia › Russian Federation (1991-date)
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Russia (Банк России)
Period	Russian Federation (1991-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2001
Value	2 Roubles 2 RUB = USD 0.027
Currency	Rouble (1998-date)
Composition	Nickel brass
Weight	5.10 g
Diameter	23 mm
Thickness	1.80 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 3093
References	Y# 675 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes). , CBR# 5010-0008 Central Bank of Russia (https://www.cbr.ru/eng/cash_circulation/memorable_coins/coins_base/) , Schön# 673 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

40th Anniversary of the space flight of Yuri A. Gagarin

Obverse

In the centre — the indication of the face value of the coin in two lines: «2 РУБЛЯ» (2 ROUBLES), lower — the inscription «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA), under it — the year of issue «2001», to the left and to the right — a stylized twig of a plant.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
2
СПМД
РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
2001

Translation:
SPMD
Roubles
Bank of Russia

Engraver: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov (Александр Васильевич Бакланов)

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov (Александр Васильевич Бакланов)

Reverse

Portrait of Yuri A. Gagarin, facsimile signature «ГАГАРИН» (GAGARIN) below, inscription in two lines «12 АПРЕЛЯ 1961 ГОДА» (APRIL 12, 1961) to the right.

Scripts: Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)

Lettering:
12 АПРЕЛЯ
1961 Г.
Гагарин

Translation:
APRIL
Gagarin

Engravers: Alexandra Arsenyevna Dolgopolova, Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov (Александр Васильевич Бакланов)

Designer: Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov (Александр Васильевич Бакланов)

Edge

Interrupted corrugations

Mints

	Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russian Federation (?-date)
(ММД)	Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russian Federation (?-date)
(СПМД)	Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation (1724-date)

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Date of issue: 11 APR 2001

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Date	Mintage	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2001						Without mintmark; mintage included in Moscow Mint	10%
2001 ММД	10 000 000	$ 0.92	$ 1.10	$ 1.50	$ 1.50		65%
2001 СПМД	10 000 000	$ 0.92	$ 1.20	$ 1.50	$ 2.40		43%

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