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![]() General Secretary Josef V. Stalin 3.4.1922 - 5.3.1953 |
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![]() NP.AR29 1 Ruble 1946 | ![]() Back | |||
![]() NP.AR30 3 Rubles 1946 | ![]() Back | |||
![]() NP.AR31 5 Rubles 1946 | ![]() Back | |||
![]() NP.AR32 10 Rubles 1946 | ![]() Back | |||
NP.AR33 25 Rubles 1946 | ||||
![]() NP.AR34 50 Rubles 1946 | ![]() Back | |||
![]() NP.AR35 100 Rubles 1946 | ![]() Back | |||
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![]() 10, 15, 20, 50 Kopeks 1946 | ![]() Reverse | |||
We gratefully acknowledge the late numismatist Walt Jellum
Trust Arktikugol is the only operation to use specially minted coins for use on Spitsbergen. In 1946 the Russians circulated coins struck at the mint in Leningrad that, according to the local Russian consul, had been used in their mining settlements between 1946 and 1957. Four coins, 10, 15, 20, and 50 kopek, make up a complete set, with measurements of 22, 25, 20 and 22 mm. respectively. The 10 & 15 kopeks are of aluminium-bronze, 20 and 50 kopeks are made of nickel. They all had milling. Obverse: APΚTИКУГОЛЬ = Arctic Coal (on top) (value in center) КОЛEEК = Kopek (on bottom) Reverse: OCTPOB = Island (on left) 1946 (in center) ШЛИЦБEPГEHE = Spitsbergen (on right) |