Artefacts

Moscow 1980, 5 roubles. U.S.S.R. Series 1. View of Minsk and national's emblem.

Obverse

At the top, the USSR emblem with the hammer and sickle, the Red Star surmounting globe and the sheaves of wheat encircling the emblem with 15 turns of ribbon representing the 15 republics. Caption (cyrillic): "CC-CP ; 5 / Rouble".

Reverse

View of Minsk. At the top, Games' emblem. Caption (cyrillic): "La XXII Olympiade · Moscou · 1980 ; 1977".

Created

Created: Yu. A. LUKJANOV Created: Leningrad Mint Created: Vladimir ARSENTIEV Created: L. S. KAMSHILOV Created: P. K. POTAPOV

Materials

silver 900, copper 100

Dimension

180 °, ø 33 x 2.4 mm, 16.67 g

Literature

GADOURY, Victor, Médailles et Monnaies Olympiques, Monaco : Editions Victor Gadoury, 1996. 555 p. ISBN 2-906602-10-8. Ménard Michèle. Coins of the modern Olympic Games: issued by host countries. Rockcliffe, 1991.

Type of item

Coins -> olympic coins

Reference number

34940

Edge

Milled

Mintmark/Mintage

Leningrad Mint's mintmark / 121137

Keywords

Moscow 1980, Olympic Games Belarus USSR (1922-1989)emblem

Notes

Moscow 1980 Launched for the 1952 Games in Helsinki, special currency designs helped to finance the Games. Their iconography gave pride of place to the monuments of the host country, its natural resources and its traditions. Gold coins for the Athens 2004 Games represented the Panathenaic Stadium, which was renovated for the Athens Games in 1896.