2017-01-02 Mon

Russia issued many FIFA World Cup Commemoratives on 21st December. Four out of them were 3 Rubles silver coins and featured interesting designs.

One of them features a cartouche with the house NI Sevastyanov and the inscription "Yekaterinburg". Elements of Russian culture and folklore heritage are also depicted in the background. A football player in action is beautifully depicted with a coloured line and the inscription "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 FIFA FOOTBALL IN RUSSIA" appears on the rim.

The other three coins also feature the same kind of depictions but different structures are shown in the cartouche, like the Zilant dragon with the inscription "Kazan", Cathedral with the word "Kaliningrad" and the Cathedral of St righteous warrior Feodor Ushakov with the inscription "Saransk".

The side surface of the proof coin is corrugated and the mintage limit is set to 24,000. Coin from the base metal has the shape of a circle of white colour. The obverse of the coin has a raised rim.

The obverse features a State Emblem of the Russian Federation along with the inscriptions "Russian Federation", "BANK OF RUSSIA", "25 rubles”, "2018" and the mintmark of Moscow Mint.