LOT #20029. "Olympiad-80" Conquerors of the USSR Space 1979 y. UNC
Description:
Denomination: 1 ruble
Year on coin: 1979
The coin was made with the indication of years: 01/01/1979
Metal: copper, nickel.
Diameter: 31 mm
Edge thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight - 12.8 grams
Circulation: total - 4 650 500 copies.
Edge type: two impressed inscriptions "ONE RUBLE", between them two dents.
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: medal (0 °)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: The Leningrad Mint.
On October 4, 1957, when the first satellite took off above the Earth, a new era in the history of Earth civilization began. Then there were new starts. Soon the Soviet scientific stations reached the moon, made and transmitted photographs of its reverse side to Earth. On 12 April 1961, the first space flight in the history of mankind with a man on board took place.
