The Russian Federation issued 16 platinum coins starting from 1992, with the face value of 25 (weighing 1/10 oz), 50 (1/4 oz) and 150 rubles (1/2 oz). Minting was suspended in 1996, with the last coin of 150 rubles dedicated to the 1240 Battle of the Neva.
Coins
Series: The Age of Enlightenment. 18th Century. Battle of Chesma Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 24 November 1992 5318-0001 150 rubles Proof 999/1000 15.67 (± 0.11) 15.55 28.60 (−0.25) 1.5 (± 0.2) 3000Obverse: two-headed eagle (designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – BANK OF RUSSIA. At the bottom – the designation of metal, alloy, the precious metal content and the mint trademark.
Reverse: three sailing ships and a boat at the Battle of Chesma, around: "Age of Enlightenment. 18th century.", bottom: "Battle of Chesma"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD).
240 indents on the rim.Series: The Olympic Century Russia. First participation of Russia in the Olympics Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 20 January 1993 5316-0001 50 rubles Proof 999/1000 7.88 (± 0.09) 7.78 20.0 (−0.15) 1.60 (± 0.15) 7500Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: two horse riders – Russian participants of the II Olympic Games, right – the Eiffel Tower, left – the emblem of the Russian Olympic Committee, around: "OLYMPIC AGE OF RUSSIA, FIRST PARTICIPANCE · PARIS"
Design: A.V. Baklanov (obverse), N.A. Nosov (reverse)
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD).
134 indents on the rim.Series: Russian Ballet (25 rubles) Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 19 April 1993 5315-0001 25 rubles Proof 999/1000 3.198 (± 0.08) 3.11 16.0 (−0.1) 1.00 (± 0.15) 750Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: a dancing ballerina, around it: "RUSSIAN BALLET"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD).
111 indents on the rim.Series: Russian Ballet (50 rubles) Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 19 April 1993 5316-0002 50 rubles Proof 999/1000 7.88 (± 0.09) 7.78 20.0 (−0.15) 1.60 (± 0.15) 750Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: a dancing ballerina, around it: "RUSSIAN BALLET"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD)
134 indents on the rim.Series: Russian Ballet (150 rubles) Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 19 April 1993 5318-0002 150 rubles Proof 999/1000 15.67 (± 0.11) 15.55 22.60 (−0.25) 1.5 (± 0.2) 750Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: a dancing ballerina, around it: "RUSSIAN BALLET"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD)
240 indents on the rim.Geographical Series: The first Russian voyage around the world. English Embankment in St. Petersburg Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 28 April 1993 5318-0003 150 rubles Proof 999/1000 15.67 (± 0.11) 15.55 28.60 (−0.25) 1.5 (± 0.2) 2500Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: ships Nadezhda and Neva and two boats. Background – houses of Russia's State Chancellor Count N.P. Rumyantsev in St. Petersburg on the English Embankment of the Neva River. Around it: "The first Russian voyage around the world 1803 • 1806" "English Embankment"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD).
240 indents on the rim.Historical Series: Russia's Contribution to World Culture. I. Stravinsky Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 13 December 1993 5318-0004 150 rubles Proof 999/1000 15.67 (± 0.11) 15.55 28.60 (−0.25) 1.5 (± 0.2) 3000Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: the image of Igor Stravinsky, background – a scene from the ballet "Petrushka", left – a lyre and a laurel branch, around: "RUSSIA AND WORLD CULTURE", "I. Stravinsky"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD)
240 indents on the rim.Series: Russian Ballet (25 rubles, 1994) Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 07.06.1994 5315-0002 25 rubles Proof 999/1000 3.198 (± 0.08) 3.11 16.0 (−0.1) 1.00 (± 0.15) 900Obverse: two-headed eagle (designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: a dancing ballerina, around it: "RUSSIAN BALLET"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD)
111 indents on the rim.Series: Russian Ballet (50 rubles, 1994) Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 07.06.1994 5316-0003 50 rubles Proof 999/1000 7.88 (± 0.09) 7.78 20.0 (−0.15) 1.60 (± 0.15) 900Obverse: two-headed eagle (designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: a dancing ballerina, around it: "RUSSIAN BALLET"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD)
134 indents on the rim.Series: Russian Ballet (150 rubles, 1994) Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 07.06.1994 5318-0005 150 rubles Proof 999/1000 15.67 (± 0.11) 15.55 28.6 (−0.25) 1.5 (± 0.2) 900Obverse: two-headed eagle (designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: a dancing ballerina, around it: "RUSSIAN BALLET"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD).
240 indents on the rim.Geographical Series: First Russian Antarctic Expedition Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 06.09.1994 5318-0006 150 rubles Proof 999/1000 15.67 (± 0.11) 15.55 28.6 (−0.25) 1.5 (± 0.2) 4000Obverse: two-headed eagle (designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: ships Vostok and Mirny, under them – a boat with rowers, penguins on an ice floe, around: "FIRST RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1819–1821", "in Antarctic waters"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD)
240 indents on the rim.Historical Series: Russia's Contribution to World Culture. Mikhail Vrubel Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 17 November 1994 5318-0007 150 rubles Proof 999/1000 15.67 (± 0.11) 15.55 28.6 (−0.25) 1.5 (± 0.2) 3000Obverse: two-headed eagle (designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: self-portrait of Mikhail Vrubel, below – a palette and brushes, to the right – a fragment of his painting Demon Seated in a Garden, around: "RUSSIA AND WORLD CULTURE", "M. Vrubel"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD).
240 indents on the rim.Series: Russian Ballet. Sleeping Beauty (25 rubles) Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 16 June 1995 5315-0003 25 rubles Proof 999/1000 3.198 (± 0.08) 3.11 16.0 (−0.1) 1.00 (± 0.15) 900Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: in the center – a dancer, left to right in a circle – the inscription: "Sleeping Beauty".
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (LMD)
111 indents on the rim.Series: Russian Ballet. Sleeping Beauty (50 rubles) Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 16 June 1995 5316-0004 50 rubles Proof 999/1000 7.88 (± 0.09) 7.78 20.0 (−0.15) 1.60 (± 0.15) 900Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: a dancer, around him: "Sleeping Beauty"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (LMD)
134 indents on the rim.Series: Russian Ballet. Sleeping Beauty (150 rubles) Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 16 June 1995 5318-0008 150 rubles Proof 999/1000 15.67 (± 0.11) 15.55 22.60 (−0.25) 1.5 (± 0.2) 900Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: a dancer, around him: "Sleeping Beauty"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (LMD)
134 indents on the rim.Historical Series: 1000 years of Russia. Alexander Nevsky Date Catalogue# Value Grading Purity Total weight, g Platinum contents, at least, g Diameter, mm Thickness, mm # pcs. 28 December 1995 5318-0009 150 rubles Proof 999/1000 15.55 (± 0.09) 15.5 28.6 (−0.25) 1.5 (± 0.2) 3000Obverse: center – the emblem of the Bank of Russia (two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), bottom – symbol, purity and weight of platinum, "BANK OF RUSSIA"
Reverse: a fight between four Russian soldiers and a Swedish knight, around: "1000 YEARS OF RUSSIA · Alexander Nevsky", "BATTLE AT THE RIVER NEVA 1240"
Design: A.V. Baklanov
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (LMD).
240 indents on the rim.
See also Platinum coins of the Russian Empire Platinum coins of the Soviet Union
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