Soviet commemorative 3 ruble silver coin (mass: 34.56g, mf: 900, diameter: 39mm, quality: proof) of cosmonaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin" class="extiw" title="w:Yuri Gagarin">Yuri Gagarin</a>.
<ul><li>Obverse shows the coat of arms of the USSR, the Russian text for "USSR" (СССР), the mass of silver in the coin in grams (31,1), the metallic composition and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/millesimal_fineness" class="extiw" title="w:millesimal fineness">millesimal fineness</a> of the coin (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/silver" class="extiw" title="w:silver">Ag</a> 900), a signature, the coin's denomination of 3 rubles (3 РУБЛЯ), and mintage year of the coin (1991).</li>
<li>Reverse shows the Gagarin monument on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leninsky_Avenue,_Moscow" class="extiw" title="w:Leninsky Avenue, Moscow">Leninsky Avenue</a> in Moscow, text "30 YEARS OF FIRST HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT" in Russian (30 ЛЕТ ПЕРВОГО ПОЛЕТА ЧЕЛОВЕКА КОСМОС), two dates (1961, 1991), and approximately 7 stars in a background representing space.</li></ul>
The coin was minted by one of the defunct Soviet mints, the image was created by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Assassin3577" title="User:Assassin3577">Assassin3577</a>
2013-04-26
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