CBR - Central Bank of the Russian Federation

05/05/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/05/2023 18:07

Dedicated to cities of labour valour

On 5 May 2023, the Bank of Russia issues 10-ruble base metal commemorative coins of the Cities of Labour Valour series:

- Nizhny Novgorod

- Nizhny Tagil

- Novokuznetsk, and

- Novosibirsk.

The coins have a round shape and are 22.0 mm in diameter.

The obverse and the reverse of the coins have a relief rim around the circumference.

The edge of the coins is intermittently corrugated and has alternating sections with different numbers of ridges thereon.

The obverse of the coins features the inscriptions around the circumference: 'БАНК РОССИИ' (BANK OF RUSSIA) at the top and '2023' at the bottom. There are images of laurel and oak twigs on the left and right, respectively. The figure '10' and the inscription 'РУБЛЕЙ' (RUBLES) below denoting the face value of the coin are in the centre. The figure '0' features a security element inside in the form of the figure '10' and the inscription 'РУБ' (RUB) visible at various viewing angles to the coin surface. The Moscow Mint trademark is at the bottom.

The reverse of:

- the coin 'Nizhny Novgorod' (Catalogue No. 5714-0087) features a relief image of a fragment of the monument Valiant Home Front Workers of Gorky; and the inscriptions on the outer ring 'НИЖНИЙ НОВГОРОД' (NIZHNY NOVGOROD) at the top and 'ГОРОДА ТРУДОВОЙ ДОБЛЕСТИ' (CITIES OF LABOUR VALOUR) at the bottom along the ribbon;

- the coin 'Nizhny Tagil' (Catalogue No. 5714-0088) features a relief image of the monument Worker and Tankman; and the inscriptions on the outer ring 'НИЖНИЙ ТАГИЛ' (NIZHNY TAGIL) at the top and 'ГОРОДА ТРУДОВОЙ ДОБЛЕСТИ' (CITIES OF LABOUR VALOUR) at the bottom along the ribbon;

- the coin 'Novokuznetsk' (Catalogue No. 5714-0089) features a relief image of a fragment of the monument Memorial Museum of Military and Labour Glory of Kusnetsk Metallurgists in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945; and the inscriptions on the outer ring 'НОВОКУЗНЕЦК' (NOVOKUZNETSK) at the top and 'ГОРОДА ТРУДОВОЙ ДОБЛЕСТИ' (CITIES OF LABOUR VALOUR) at the bottom along the ribbon; and

- the coin 'Novosibirsk' (Catalogue No. 5714-0090) features a relief image of the monument Children - Home Front Workers; and the inscriptions on the outer ring 'НОВОСИБИРСК' (NOVOSIBIRSK) at the top and 'ГОРОДА ТРУДОВОЙ ДОБЛЕСТИ' (CITIES OF LABOUR VALOUR) at the bottom along the ribbon.

The mintage of the coins is 1.0 million pcs of each design.

The new coins are legal tender of the Russian Federation and are mandatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at their face value.


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