Father Frost and Summer

Obverse

the mirror field of the disc bears a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim there is the semicircular inscription "РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ" (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms there are indications of the precious metal and its fineness on the left and the fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, there is an inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin "3 РУБЛЯ" (3 RUBLES), and the year of issue "2019 г." (2019).

Reverse

the mirror field of the disc bears features a coloured cartoon scene and the inscription ‘ДЕД МОРОЗ И ЛЕТО’ (FATHER FROST AND SUMMER) above along the rim.

Authors

The artist: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), computer simulation (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.

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Father Frost and Summer is a Soviet animated fairy tale about Father Frost who discovers what summer is. The cartoon was directed by Valentin Karavaev in 1969.

Living in the North Pole, Father Frost has never seen summer and does not know what it is until children tell him about it at a New Year party. Father Frost is so inspired with the idea of summer that he decides to see it at all costs. He comes to the city where summer heat makes him feel unwell. Children treat Father Frost with ice cream and save him. Then they show him summer.