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
Net weight: 31.10g
Diameter: 39.00 mm
Thickness: 3.30 mm
Print run: 25,000

Front:
The double-headed eagle and the letters below it indicate the metal mark, the fineness, the mint mark, and the purity of the metal. 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 vast continent with an area of ​​13,975,000 square kilometers. The mainland and several islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were discovered in January 1820 by the Russian expedition of 1819–1821 aboard 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 participated in the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe from 1803 to 1806. The commander of the Vostok was Admiral Mikhail Lazarev (1788–1851), a Russian naval commander and navigator who participated in three circumnavigations of the globe.

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