Moneta
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National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and the inscriptions (Cyrillic) ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) and ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the coin denomination ‘10 РУБЛЕЙ’ (10 ROUBLES), the chemical symbol of the metal according to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Elements, fineness, the mint trademark, and fine metal content. The reverse of the coin depicts a peasant—sower at work in the centre; in the background, there are rays of the rising sun on the left, smoking plant chimneys on the right, a field and a plough in the center; the inscription ‘ОДИН ЧЕРВОНЕЦ’ (ONE TCHERVONETS) is at the top, and the dates ‘1923’ and ‘2023’ are at the bottom. Designed by: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
Russia Federation - 100th Chervonetz Anniv. 2023. These were struck at the Moscow and St. Pertersburg mints with a total of 500k. The Moscow mint appears to have struck less than half, one source I found said 1k, but Numista indicates 42% vs 58% for coins registered to individuals posting to the site for both mints. Edge is reeded (134).
I've observed that the St. Petersburg mint examples appear to be a wonderful proof or proof-like strike. They appear to have a comma in the 7,78 weight displayed. This Moscow issue here appears to be a business strike that may have undergone some kind of darkening (antique finish?) and the weight figure displays a dot rather than a comma. No official mint figures have been published for the two mints involved. Further research required. Please comment below if you have any information.
From the Russian Mint site:
In October 1921, the RSFSR founded the State Bank that was to ‘establish proper money circulation’. Pursuant to the related law, dated 11 October 1922, the State Bank was entitled to issue a strong currency partially backed by gold. Thus, the State Bank put into circulation its first Tchervonets banknotes.
However, the State Bank issued not only banknotes. In 1923, the Petrograd Mint started to mint Gold Tchervonets coins. By their parameters, they replicated the 10-ruble coin of tsarist Russia and were designed by mint master Anton Vasyutinsky based on a sketch for one of the agricultural shows held before the revolution. The coin depicts a peasant–sower standing against the background of smoking plant chimneys, a plough, and the rising sun. In 1923, the State Bank issued slightly more than 2.7 million Gold Tchervonets coins.
Fifty-two years later, the State Bank began to use the design with the sower again. In 1975, the State Bank issued 250,000 Gold Tchervonets coins and, then until 1982, the annual issue of such coins reached one million.
Today, the gold ‘sower’ is one of the investment coins of the Bank of Russia.
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