Series "150th Anniversary of A.P. Chekhov’s Birthday"

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On December 28, 2009 the Central Bank of the Russian Federation issues commemorative coins of precious metals:

- a silver proof coin in denomination of 3 Rubles, a silver proof-like coin in denomination of 100 Rubles, a gold proof coin in denomination of 50 Rubles and a gold proof coin in denomination of 200 Rubles, all dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of A.P. Chekhov’s Birthday.

The silver proof coin in denomination of 3 Rubles (fine metal content 31.1g, fineness 925/1000, catalogue number 5111-0191), the silver proof-like coin in denomination of 100 Rubles (fine metal content 1000g, fineness 925/1000, catalogue number 5117-0044), the gold proof coin in denomination of 50 Rubles (fine metal content 7.78g, fineness 999/1000, catalogue number 5216-0071) and the gold proof coin in denomination of 200 Rubles (fine metal content 31.1g, fineness 999/1000, catalogue number 5219-0016) are all dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of A.P. Chekhov’s Birthday and are 39.0 mm, 100.0 mm, 22.6 mm, and 33.0 mm in diameter respectively.

The rim is raised on both sides of all the coins along the circumference.

The obverse: the relief image of the Emblem of the Bank of Russia - the two headed eagle with wings down, and the semicircular inscription under it "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), framed by a circle of beads. The inscriptions along the rim divided by dots indicate the denominations of the coin "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" (THREE RUBLES), “СТО РУБЛЕЙ” (ONE HUNDRED RUBLES) “ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ” (FIFTY RUBLES) “ДВЕСТИ РУБЛЕЙ” (TWO HUNDRED RUBLES) and the year of issue "2010", between them - the indication of the metal according to the D.I. Mendeleyev Periodic System of Elements, the purity, the trade mark of the Saint Petersburg Mint and the fine precious metal content.

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The reverse:

- of the 3 Rubles silver coin: relief images of a portrait of A.P. Chekhov and an episode from his writing “The sea-gull’, the dates in two lines: «1860» and «1904» and the facsimile signature of the writer;

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- of the 100 Rubles silver coin: relief images of a portrait of A.P. Chekhov and an episode from his writing “The cherry orchard”, the dates in two lines: «1860» and «1904» and the facsimile signature of the writer;

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- of the 50 Rubles gold coin: the relief image of a portrait of A.P. Chekhov, the inscriptions: «ОСКОЛКИ» (OSKOLKI), «БУДИЛЬНИК» (BUDILNIK), «СТРЕКОЗА» (STREKOZA) – the names of the journals, where his writings were published, the dates in two lines: «1860» and «1904» and the facsimile signature of the writer;

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- of the 200 Rubles gold coin: relief images of A.P. Chekhov, his house- museum in the town of Yalta and an episode from his writing “The Lady with the dog”, the dates in two lines: «1860» and «1904» and the facsimile signature of the writer.

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The edge of the coins is corrugated.

The mintages of the coins, dedicated to the 150th Anniversary of A.P. Chekhov’s Birthday, are as follows:

- of the 3 Rubles silver proof coin: 5000 pcs;

- of the 100 Rubles silver proof-like coin: 500 pcs;

- of the 50 Rubles gold proof coin: 1500 pcs;

- of the 200 Rubles gold proof coin: 500 pcs.

The coins are legal tender of the Russian Federation. They are obligatory for acceptance for all kinds of payments without any restrictions at their face value.