Russia – 3 Rubles – 1994 – VI Surikov – 1oz Silver Proof

3 Rubles – 1994 – VI Surikov – 1oz Silver Proof

Details:
Country: Russia
Mint: Leningrad Mint
Face value: 3 rubles
Quality: Proof
Metal: Silver
Fineness: 900/1000
Total weight: 34.88g
Fine weight: 31,10g
Diameter: 39.00mm
Thickness: 3.30mm
Circulation: 40.000

Front:
The double-headed eagle, the letters below indicate the metal mark, the fineness, the mint mark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the edge: above – “3 РУБЛЯ 1994 г.” (3 RUBLES 1994), below – “БАНК РОССИИ” (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Back:
A self-portrait by Vasily Surikov, including fragments of his painting “Bojarnia (Noblewoman) Morozova” (from left to right: a church dome, a running boy, Bojarnia Morozova in a sleigh, a wandering woman and a man of God), below a palette with brushes and the painter’s facsimile signature. The inscription at the top edge reads “РОССИЯ И МИРОВАЯ КУЛЬТУРА” (RUSSIA AND WORLD CULTURE).

Information:
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (24. (12.) January 1848 – 19 (6) March 1916) – a Russian history painter and itinerant painter (member of the Society of Traveling Exhibitions). His monumental paintings such as “The Morning of Strelitsi’s Execution”, “Boyarin Morozova”, “The Conquest of Siberia by Yermak” and “Suvorov and his Army Crossing the Alps” are polyphonic masterpieces, intense in colour and content. He also created portraits and landscape watercolors.