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The 60th Anniversary of the First Human Space Flight
60-летие первого полета человека в космос
Presented by
Saint Petersburg Mint of Goznak (Russia)
Nominal value
25 rubles
Weight
169 g
Diameter
60 mm
Metal
Silver 925°
Mintage
1000 pcs
Production quality
Proof
Designer
Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.A. Brynza (reverse), L.A. Evdokimova (reverse). Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.N. Bessonov (reverse).
Producer
Saint Petersburg Mint of Goznak (Russia)
Description of obverse and reverse
Obverse: 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 ‘25 РУБЛЕЙ’ (25 RUBLES), and the year of issue ‘2021 г.’ (2021).

Reverse: relief images of a flying winged human figure and a star against the background of stylised images of the sky full of stars and mythological creatures – the zodiacal constellations of Taurus, Leo, and Sagittarius; below, along the rim there are inscriptions: ‘12 АПРЕЛЯ 1961 г.’ (12 APRIL 1961) and ‘60 ЛЕТ ПЕРВОГО ПОЛЕТА ЧЕЛОВЕКА В КОСМОС’ (THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT).

A brief annotation
2021 is the 60th anniversary year of the first human space flight. On 12 April 1961, the Vostok-1 space vehicle was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. For the first time in human history, a manned spacecraft entered the aerospace and orbited the Earth. The flight lasted one hour and 48 minutes. This day will always be remembered in history as the day when the first human conquered the space.

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