50 Roubles (Russia First Participation in the Olympic Games)

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. Pt999 ЛМД 7.78 БАНК РОССИИ

Reverse

In the centre - two horsemen, Russian participants in the Second Olympiad, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, to the left - the Emblem of the National Olympic Committee of Russia, the inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ОЛИМПИЙСКИЙ ВЕК РОССИИ" (THE OLYMPIC CENTURY OF RUSSIA), at the bottom - "ПЕРВОЕ УЧАСТИЕ "ПАРИЖ" (FIRST PARTICIPATION "PARIS").

Lettering: ОЛИМПИЙСКИЙ ВЕК РОССИИ ПЕРВОЕ УЧАСТИЕ*ПАРИЖ

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 #356

CBR #5316-0001

Schön #302

Physical Characteristics

Composition Platinum (.999)

Weight 7.88 g

Size 20 mm

Thickness 1.6 mm

Shape Round

Technical Details

Obverse Lettering

50 РУБЛЕЙ 1993 г. Pt999 ЛМД 7.78 БАНК РОССИИ

Reverse Lettering

ОЛИМПИЙСКИЙ ВЕК РОССИИ ПЕРВОЕ УЧАСТИЕ*ПАРИЖ

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.