Medal - Alexander Pushkin
Features
| Location |
Russia ›
Russian Federation (1991-date)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Goznak |
| Period |
Russian Federation (1991-date)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1999 |
| Composition | Copper-nickel (partially brass plated) |
| Weight | 25.5 g |
| Diameter | 39 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 577630 |
Commemorative issue
200th Anniversary of Alexander Pushkin
Series: 200th Anniversary of Alexander Pushkin
Obverse
In the center is an oval medallion with a portrait of Pushkin, plated in brass, and below is the facsimile signature "A. Pushkin."
On the left is a silver candelabra with two candles.
On the right is a quill pen with a sheet of paper.
Below is a lyre (the emblem of the "200th Anniversary" series), flanked by the years of his life.
Script: Cyrillic
Lettering:
А. ПУШКИНЪ
1799 1837
Translation: A. Pushkin
Designers: Alexander Anatolyevich Kolodkin, Alexander Sergeevich Khazov (Александр Сергеевич Хазов)
Reverse
The reverse depicts the two main cities of the poet's life—Moscow (his birthplace) and St. Petersburg (his deathplace).
In the center is the Pushkin monument on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow (erected in 1880).
On the left is the Ivan the Great Bell Tower on the Moscow Kremlin grounds, and the building on Arbat Street that houses A.S. Pushkin's memorial apartment.
On the right is a panorama of St. Petersburg: the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Alexander Column, and the Summer Garden's railings.
At the top is a ribbon banner with the inscription "200th Anniversary of His Birth."
At the bottom are the mint marks.
Script: Cyrillic
Lettering:
200 ЛЕТ СО ДНЯ РОЖДЕНИЯ
ММД aK X
Unabridged legend: aK - Alexander Kolodkin, X - Khazov
Translation:
200th Anniversary of Birth
MMD
Designers: Alexander Anatolyevich Kolodkin, Alexander Sergeevich Khazov (Александр Сергеевич Хазов)
Edge
Plain
Mint
 (ММД) |
Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russian Federation (?-date) |
Comments
A set of five medals, "In Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of A.S. Pushkin. 1799–1999," was issued as part of large-scale Russian state events. The set was produced at the Moscow Mint (MMD), Goznak, in 1999 using cupronickel as a Proof and is supplied in a velvet case in protective capsules.
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin (1799–1837) was the greatest Russian poet, the founder of the modern Russian literary language, whose work remains the foundation of national culture. The medals depict key sites and works associated with the poet's life and work: two Pskov estates (Mikhailovskoye and Trigorskoye), Boldino in Nizhny Novgorod, and his seminal novel, Eugene Onegin. The central medal, partially plated with brass (a portrait), has its own reverse, while the other four medals share a common reverse.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1999 ММД | 2 500 | Proof | |||||||||||||
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