1994(L) Russia NGC MS 65 FALCON
RED DATA BOOK Wildlife
50 Rouble Rubel
| RUSSIA 1992 To Date | |
| Category: | WORLD COINS |
| Denomination: | 50 ROUBLE |
| Year/Mint: | 1994 |
| Variety: | FALCON Red Book |
| Designation: | MS |
| Total Graded: | 11 |
Census Detail
| PrAg | G | VG | F | VF | 40 | 45 | 50 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | |
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| Base | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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F A L C O N
Obverse
the two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the inscriptions along the rim framed by an ornament: at the top — «50 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.» (50 RUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Reverse
the relief picture of a peregrine falcon, the inscriptions along the rim separated by two dots: at the top - "КРАСНАЯ КНИГА" (RED DATA BOOK), at the bottom -САПСАН" (FALCON).
Authors
The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptor: S.M. Ivanov
Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 252 corrugations
The falcon (sapsan) widely spreaded in tundra and wooden zones of the European part of Russia, in the Western, Central and Eastern Siberia, in the Far East, Kamchatka, Sakhalin is under protection in the great number of preserves. To breed the falcon the nursery in Oksky Preserves was set up.
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