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A Hot Coin from the Cold War
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Country:
USSR |
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Date:
1970 |
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Metal:
Copper-Nickel |
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Denomination:
1
Ruble |
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Diameter:
30 mm |
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Condition:
Circulated |
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Obverse:
Profile head of Lenin with dates 1870 - 1970
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Reverse:
Shield of the Soviet Union CCCP
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| In 1970, during the height of the Cold War, the USSR issued this one-year-only Ruble commemorating the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin’s birth. Today, this Cold War coin is red hot as a scarce collectible from that historic decades-old crisis. |
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