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5 Chervontsev Urile Perspicillatus
| Issuer | Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор) |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Composition | Nickel silver |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the bold numeral '5' in the central field, flanked symmetrically on each side by a stylized oak branch with acorns rendered in relief. Beneath the numeral, the denomination legend 'ЧЕРВОНЦЕВ' is inscribed in Cyrillic, accompanied by the 'TM' trademark symbol. The upper arc of the coin carries the inscription 'ИСЧЕЗНУВШИЕ ЖИВОТНЫЕ' (Extinct Animals) in Cyrillic, and the date '2025' appears at the bottom of the field, flanked by small five-pointed stars. The overall design is uncolored and struck in plain nickel silver with a milled finish. |
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| Reverse lettering | ИСЧЕЗНУВШИЕ ЖИВОТНЫЕ 5 ЧЕРВОНЦЕВ ММД ТМ * 2025 * (Translation: Extinct Animals / 5 Chervontsev MMD TM / 2025) |
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The "Urile Perspicillatus" of the title is the spectacled cormorant — Pallas's cormorant, formally — a flightless seabird native to Bering Island that was hunted to extinction by 1850, roughly 70 years after Georg Wilhelm Steller first described it in 1741. This coin belongs to Moscow Mint's ongoing Red Book series, which has issued collector pieces tied to Russia's federal list of endangered and extinct species since the early 1990s. The chervonets denomination itself is a deliberate revival, historically a gold ten-ruble unit; its use here is purely nominal.