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50 Roubles Tank Destroyer SU-85В
| Issuer | Soviet Union (Russia) |
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| Weight | 13.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a depiction of the Soviet tank destroyer SU-85В in profile view. The legend ТАНК ЭСМИНЕЦ (Tank Destroyer) arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by asterisks. The vehicle designation SU-85В appears in the central field below the main device. The State Coat of Arms of the USSR is depicted at the lower center, flanked by the abbreviated issuer inscription СС and СР on either side. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The SU-85 was developed in 1943 as a direct response to the appearance of German Tiger tanks on the Eastern Front, the existing SU-76 being wholly inadequate against that armor. Production ran through 1944, when the SU-100 rendered it obsolete almost immediately. This coin belongs to the Soviet commemorative program honoring Second World War weaponry — a series that reflected late-Soviet political investment in the mythology of the Great Patriotic War rather than any particular minting occasion.