1991 Russian 3-ruble Gagarin commem

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This 1991 3-ruble was struck by the former Soviet Union in .900 silver, with a diameter of 39mm and a weight of 34.56g. Coined in Leningrad (or the newly renamed St. Petersburg, if the coinage was executed late enough in the year), this big commemorative—it contains a full (troy) ounce of silver—celebrates humankind’s first manned journey into space.

This is dramatic coinage, with stark proof surfaces and the hyper-heroic image of the Gagarin Monument on Moscow’s Leninsky Avenue. But then why not…the first manned spaceflight was heroic, and dramatic, and the contrast between the world before the event, and after it, was quite stark indeed.

This Gagarin 3-ruble piece, which was the Krause COTY (Coin of the Year) award winner for “Most historically significant coin” of 1991, shares its presentation case with a companion medal…

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A “space-flown” medal (some or all of the metal used to produce it is from a Soviet spacecraft returned to Earth), this piece looks like brushed aluminum and was issued in April 1991 on the 30th anniversary of Gagarin’s flight. April ’91? Leningrad, apparently, not St. Petersburg.

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Leningrad und St. Petersburg diese gleichen Stadt, nach dem Zusammenbruch der UdSSR Leningrad wieder St. Petersburg sowohl vor der russischen Revolution genannt wurde (pardon die Grammatik, sagen auf Russisch)

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