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Coin "Cities of Russia: St. Petersburg"

Name | Cities of Russia: St. Petersburg |
Presented by | Resource Trade, Russia |
Nominal value | 5 dollars (Cook Islands) |
Metal | Silver 925° |
Mintage | 2000 |
Production quality | Proof, partially colored |
Description of obverse and reverse | Obverse: in the center - a portrait of the Queen of England Elizabeth II, along the edge - the inscriptions: on the left - “ELIZABETH II”, on the right – “COOK ISLANDS”, at the bottom - the face value “5 DOLLARS”. Revers: in the center - the image of fragments of the Alexander’ Column and the Arch of the General Staff in St. Petersburg, along the top edge in a circle - an ornament and the inscription: “САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ ST.PETERSBURG”, in the center - the Coat of Arms of St. Petersburg, at the right – the alloy, the weight and the year of issue of the coin “Ag925 25g 2011”. |
A brief annotation | St. Petersburg is the third most populous and the first largest city by its population which is not a capital. The city is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. |
Designer | Artist Leonov N.S. |
Producer | B.H. Mayer’s Kunstpraegeanstalt (Germany) |
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