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50 Roubles Allied Tank M3 Lee
| Issuer | Soviet Union (Russia) |
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| Currency | Sixth Rouble (1961-1991) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 'ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ' (Fifty Roubles) is inscribed along the upper portion of the reverse. At the center, the Order of Victory is depicted, featuring within its central medallion a representation of the Moscow Kremlin wall, the Spasskaya Tower, and Lenin's Mausoleum, surrounded by decorative bands of laurel and oak. The inscription 'СССР' appears above the central device, with 'ПОБЕДА' (Victory) inscribed below it, and the year '1945' flanked by asterisks in the exergue. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Part of the Soviet WWII commemorative series issued in the early 1990s as the USSR collapsed, this piece marks the M3 Lee's role under Lend-Lease, through which the United States supplied the Red Army with over 1,300 of the type between 1942 and 1943. Soviet tankers were largely unenthusiastic — the M3's high silhouette and riveted construction made it a liability on the Eastern Front, and crews nicknamed it "a grave for seven brothers."