Platinum coins of the Russian Federation

This article is about platinum coins minted in Russia from 1992. For other Russian platinum coins, see Platinum coins of Russia.

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).[1] Minting was suspended in 1996, with the last coin of 150 rubles dedicated to the 1240 Battle of the Neva.[2]

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)	3000
Obverse: 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.[3]
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)	7500
Obverse: 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.[4]
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)	750
Obverse: 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.[5]
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)	750
Obverse: 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.[6]
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)	750
Obverse: 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.[7]
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)	2500
Obverse: 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.[8]
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)	3000
Obverse: 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.[9]
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)	900
Obverse: 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.[10]
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)	900
Obverse: 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.[11]
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)	900
Obverse: 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.[12]
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)	4000
Obverse: 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.[13]
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)	3000
Obverse: 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.[14]
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)	900
Obverse: 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.[15]
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)	900
Obverse: 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.[16]
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)	900
Obverse: 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.[17]
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)	3000
Obverse: 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.[18]

See also

• Platinum coins of the Russian Empire
• Platinum coins of the Soviet Union

References

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