Russia – 3 Rubles – 1994 – The First Russian Antarctic Expedition – 1oz Silver Proof

3 Rubles – 1994 – The first Russian Antarctic expedition – 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: 25,000

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:
The sloop “Vostok”, in the background on the left the sloop “Mirny”, on the right an Antarctic nautical chart, on the edge the inscriptions: above “ПЕРВАЯ РУССКАЯ АНТАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 1819-1821” (THE FIRST RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1819-1821), below “МАРШРУТ ЭКСПЕДИЦИИ” (THE ROUTE OF THE EXPEDITION).

Information:
Antarctica is a huge continent with an area of 13,975,000 square kilometers. The mainland and several islands in the Atlantic and Pacific were discovered in January 1820 by the Russian expedition of 1819-1921 on board the naval sailing ships “Mirny” (built in 1818, displacement: 530 tons) and “Vostok” (built in 1818, displacement: 900 tons). The first Russian Antarctic expedition was led by the captain of the “Mirny”, Admiral Faddei Bellingshausen (1778-1852), a Russian navigator who took part in the first Russian circumnavigation of the world in 1803-1806. The commander of the “Vostok” was Admiral Mikhail Lazarev (1788-1851), a Russian naval commander and sailor who took part in three voyages around the world.