50 Roubles (The First Gold Medal)

Issuer Russia

Type Non-circulating coins

Mints Saint Petersburg

Obverse

In the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia (double-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), underneath the left - indicate the metal sign and the fineness, in the center - the mint trademark., right - the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim framed circle of dots: at the top - "50 roubles 1993" at the bottom - "BANK OF RUSSIA".

Lettering: 50 РУБЛЕЙ 1993 г. Au900 ЛМД 7.78 БАНК РОССИИ

Reverse

In the centre - Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin, to the left - the Emblem of the National Olympic Committee of Russia, to the right - a laurel branch, an ice skate and a three-line inscription - "Н.А.ПАНИН-КОЛОМЕНКИН" (N.A. PANIN-KOLOMENKIN), the inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ОЛИМПИЙСКИЙ ВЕК РОССИИ" (THE OLYMPIC CENTURY OF RUSSIA), at the bottom - "ПЕРВАЯ ЗОЛОТАЯ МЕДАЛЬ ЛОНДОН" (THE FIRST GOLD MEDAL LONDON).

Lettering: ОЛИМПИЙСКИЙ ВЕК РОССИИ Н.А. ПАНИН- КОЛОМЕНКИН ПЕРВАЯ ЗОЛОТАЯ МЕДАЛЬ ЛОНДОН

Basic Information

Category Coin

Ruler Russian Federation (Wikidata)

Technique Milled

Orientation medal

Demonetization Yes (Date: 1998-01-01)

Face Value 50 Roubles (Numeric: 50)

Series The Olympic Century of Russia

Engravers

Obverse Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Reverse Nikolay Alexandrovich Nosov

References

Y #355

CBR #5216-0003

Schön #301

Physical Characteristics

Composition Gold (.900)

Weight 8.75 g

Size 22.6 mm

Thickness 1.5 mm

Shape Round

Technical Details

Obverse Lettering

50 РУБЛЕЙ 1993 г. Au900 ЛМД 7.78 БАНК РОССИИ

Reverse Lettering

ОЛИМПИЙСКИЙ ВЕК РОССИИ Н.А. ПАНИН- КОЛОМЕНКИН ПЕРВАЯ ЗОЛОТАЯ МЕДАЛЬ ЛОНДОН

Market Prices by Year

Date	1993
Mint	ЛМД
Mintage	7,500
G	-
VG	-
F	-
VF	-
XF	-
AU	-
UNC	670.59EUR

Comments

Date of issue: 20 JAN 1993The Olympic Games originate from Greece. They were celebrated in Olympia from 776 BC to 394 AD. All hostilities were suspended while the Olympic Games were held. The modern Olympiads began at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), a French public figure who was for many years the President of the International Olympic Committee, founded in 1894. Russian general A. D. Butovsky was one of the founders of the IOC. The first Russian athlete to receive an Olympic gold medal was Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin (1871(72)-1956), who won the figure-skating competition at the Fourth Olympiad held in London in 1908.