50 Rubles (The 225th Anniversary of the Bolshoi Theater) Coin

50 Rubles (The 225th Anniversary of the Bolshoi Theater)

Country: Russia
Denomination: 50 Rubles 50 RUB = 0.80 USD
Year: 2001
Material: Gold (.999)
Weight: 8.75 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 22.60 mm
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: russia

Description:

Obverse

In the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower — the semicircular inscription — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ» (FIFTY RUBLES), at the bottom — the year of issue «2001», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right — the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

A scene of the duel from the 2nd Act of the Chaikovsky’s opera «Evgeny Onegin», over it — the building of the Bolshoi Theater and the date «225», the inscriptions along the rim: at the top —«БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР» (BOLSHOI THEATER), at the bottom — «ЕВГЕНИЙ ОНЕГИН» («EVGENY ONEGIN»).

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