The Komandorsky Blue Fox

Series:Red Data Book

Date of Issue

02.10.2003

Catalogue number

5109-0064

Red Data Book

Date of Issue

02.10.2003

Catalogue number

5109-0064

Denomination

1 ruble

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 900/1000

Total weight, g

17.44 (±0.16)

Fine metal content not less than, g

15.55

Diameter, mm

33.00 (±0.20)

Thickness, mm

2.40 (±0.20)

Mintage, pcs

10,000

Obverse

in the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower - the semicircular inscription - "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ОДИН РУБЛЬ" (ONE RUBLE), at the bottom - the year of issue "2003", the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the relief picture of two blue foxes of Komandorsky Islands. The inscription along the rim: "КОМАНДОРСКИЙ ГОЛУБОЙ ПЕСЕЦ" (THE BLUE FOX OF KOMANDORSKY ISLANDS).

Authors

The artist: A.S. Kunats.
The sculptors: A.O. Krasnov, A.S. Kunats.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.

The Komandorsky or Mednovsky blue fox (Alopex lagopus semenovi) inhabits the Medny Island (the Komandorsky Islands) surrounded by the not freezing Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean and is protected by the State.

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