(AGENPARL) – MOSCOW gio 25 maggio 2023

On 26 May 2023, the Bank of Russia issues a 3-ruble silver commemorative coin ‘Water Tower (Shukhov Tower in Polibino), Lipetsk Region’ of the Inventions of Russia series (Catalogue No. 5111-0482).

Vladimir Shukhov is an outstanding Russian and Soviet engineer, architect and inventor. In 1896, he presented a water tower, the first hyperboloid structure in the world, at the All-Russia industrial and art exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod. After the exhibition closed, the tower was bought by Yury Nechaev-Maltsov, an art sponsor, who relocated it to his estate in Polibino.

The 3-ruble silver coin (fine metal content 31.1 g, fineness 925/1,000) has a round shape and is 39.0 mm in diameter.

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

The obverse of the coin features a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and the inscriptions ‘?????????? ?????????’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) and ‘???? ??????’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘3 ?????’ (3 RUBLES), the year of issue ‘2023 ?.’ (2023), the chemical symbol of the metal according to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Elements, fineness, the Saint Petersburg Mint trademark, and fine metal content.

 

The reverse of the coin features a relief image of the water tower rising above tree crowns, laser treated for matte finishing; an image of the construction elements of the tower, laser treated for matte finishing, on the right; and the relief inscriptions on the left: ‘???????????? ?????’ (WATER TOWER) around the upper circumference, and ‘?.?. ??????’ (V. G. SHUKHOV) and ‘???????? ???????’ (LIPETSK REGION) below in two lines, as well as the year ‘1896’ separated by a decorative element.

 

The edge of the coin is corrugated.

The coin is minted in proof quality.

The mintage of the coin is 3.0 thousand pcs.

The new coin is legal tender of the Russian Federation and is mandatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at its face value.

Fonte/Source: http://www.cbr.ru/eng/press/PR/?file=638206199340590265ENG_COINS.htm