RARE RUSSIAN COIN * 2 RUBLES 2001 * 40th Anniversary Space Flight Gagarin * UNC

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RARE RUSSIAN COIN * 2 RUBLES 2001 * 40th Anniversary Space Flight Gagarin * UNC:
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RARE RUSSIAN COIN 2 RUBLES 2001
40th Anniversary Space Flight Gagarin

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BEST FOR YOUR COLLECTION!Commemorative coin of the Bank of Russia with denomination of 2 Rubles of 2001

On the 12 April 1961 on board a spacecraft „Vostok“ the space pilot of USSR Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin accomplished the first journey into outer space. The blast-off took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9:07 Moscow time (06:07:00 UTC). The spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth and landed at 10:55 (07:55 UTC) near the village Smelovsk in Saratov Oblast.
It was the greatest triumph of Soviet science and technology. Our scientists and engineers have been recognized as the best in the world, they became pioneers of space and Yuri Gagarin became the most popular man on the planet Earth.
Yuri Gagarin was born in a simple rustic family, d.Klushino Gzhatsk district of Smolensk region. In 1957 he graduated from the 1st Military Aviation School of Pilots in Chkalov (now Orenburg), served in the North, and in 1960 he was enrolled in the cosmonaut. Start regular classes in the cosmonaut training program. So, April 12, 1961 Gagarin piloted the world\'s first spaceship. During the flight, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, and on April 12 was declared the Day of Cosmonautics.DESCRIPTION OF THE COIN:Series: \"The 40th Anniversary of the space flight of Yu. A. Gagarin\"Country: Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)
Denomination: 2 Rubles
Quality: Uncirculated
Date of issue: April 11, 2001
Catalogue number: 5010 - 0008
Material: German Silver
Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 5.10 g
Thickness: 1,80 mm

The obverse: in the center — the indication of the face value of the coin in two lines: «2 РУБЛЯ» (2 RUBLES), lower — the inscription «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA), under it — the year of issue «2001», to the left and to the right — a stylized twig of a plant.

The reverse: a portrait of Yu.A. Gagarin, under it — the facsimile signature «ГАГАРИН» (GAGARIN), to the right — the inscription in two lines «12 АПРЕЛЯ 1961 ГОДА» (APRIL 12, 1961).The artist: A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova, A.V. Baklanov
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД)
The edge: interrupted corrugations.
The mint trade marks depicted on the coins: Saint-Petersburg Mint: СП МД or С-П; Moscow Mint: ММД or М

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