what a beauty - UPDATE

Cladiator · August 3, 2004 3:42AM

ajaan · August 3, 2004 4:01AM

Is the coin copper-nickel?

Cladiator · August 3, 2004 4:03AM

I have no idea haha. I don't own the coin, just lust after it and I can't find any info on it other than it was minted in 1975. Anyone know its composition?

ajaan · August 3, 2004 4:08AM

OK, I looked it up. Y# 143.1 ND (1975) 1 Rouble. Copper-nickel-zinc. Mintage 4,987,000. VF .50 EF 1.00 BU 2.50

Info from 2005 Krause.

cosmicdebris · August 3, 2004 4:51AM

Cool design and good luck on it.

Darkhorse · August 3, 2004 5:06AM

kuhli · August 3, 2004 5:18AM

<< <i>OK, I looked it up. Y# 143.1 ND (1975) 1 Rouble. Copper-nickel-zinc. Mintage 4,987,000. VF .50 EF 1.00 BU 2.50

Info from 2005 Krause. >>

Don,

Double check this. Unless they changed stuff drastically, then the coin pictured should be Y#142.1 ND(1975) 1 rouble, copper-nickel-zinc, mintage 14,989,000, values same as your quote. (30th Anniversary of World War II Victory)

According to the 1996 and 2002 Krause, the Y#143.1 is ND(1977), with the mintage of 4,987,000. (60th Anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution)

earlwbollinger · August 3, 2004 5:20AM

That is a nice coin.
But then I got to thinking about a high relief gold version. Drool. . .

theboz11 · August 3, 2004 5:21AM

very nice

Cladiator · August 3, 2004 6:45AM

Well I just bought it

It is the Y#142.1 1975 30 year WWII Victory coin. I also picked up the Y#198.1 1985 40 year WWII victory coin. Will post pics when they arrive.

Edited to add: I love the darkside! Both coins and shipping came to be less than 10$

ajaan · August 3, 2004 6:55AM

Scott, you are correct. It is Y# 142.1

Cladiator · August 7, 2004 8:50AM

Hey guys,

Got the coins today and they are gorgeous. Will post some pics but can't this weekend (left camera at work). I do have some questions though. The look of the Y#142.1 1975 1 Rouble was surprising. Can anyone tell me what the metal composition is? It most closely resembels modern Sacagawea Dollars just not quite so "golden". I've never seen a coin with this look to it. The Y#198.1 1985 1 Rouble is white in color but definitely not silver. Can you tell me what it's composition is also? By the look and "feel" of it I'd guess some kind of nickel mixture but I'm really not sure. Thanks so very much for your help and I'll put up pics as soon as I can. They are both incredibly stunning coins, I'd say MS67/68 for the 1975 with some nice rim toning and MS68/69 for the 1985!

Rich

Edited for spelling

Second Edit: They are both going off to PCGS and when they get back the 1985 is going to be the prize in a Darkside Giveaway

lordmarcovan · August 7, 2004 8:54AM

I've always liked that design. Thirtieth anniversary of WW2 Victory, right?

This belongs on the "chicks with swords" thread from a while back.

PS- great little "eyepopper" smiley gif, there, Phil.

Cladiator · August 7, 2004 9:32AM

<< <i>Thirtieth anniversary of WW2 Victory, right? >>

Yeah they both are WWII victory coins. A 40 year and a 30 year.

historygeek · August 7, 2004 10:17AM

Some pictures of the real monument off the internet.

Motherland is Calling or Mother Russia VOLGOGRAD, Russia

Completed in 1967, the statue "Motherland is Calling" is 52 metres tall (171 feet), made of 7900 tons of reinforced concrete. The sword is made of stainless steel, 29 metres long and weighs 14 tons, reaching a height of 270 feet.

The Statue is the centerpiece of the Mamayev Kurgan museum complex in Volgograd, built to commemorate the World War II Battle of Stalingrad, a key turning point in the War. The statue stands atop Mamal Hill, the site of the battle's most intense fighting.

The city of Volgograd was established in the late 16th century to defend the land that Ivan the Terrible had wrested from the Tatars. Then known as Tsaritsyn. In 1925, as Stalin rose to power in the Soviet government, the city was renamed Stalingrad.

10 November 1961, at the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party, the city of Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd in honor of the river on whose banks it stands.

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Mother Russia is located at Mamayev Kurgan, a memorial complex to Soviets who fell in World War II. The memorial is dedicated to the intense Battle of Stalingrad against the Nazis, two hundred days and nights, from July 17, 1942, through February 2, 1943, considered the turning point of World War II.

The Statue was designed by sculptor Yevgeni Vuchetich, finished in 1967 at the direction of Leonid Brezhnev, fifty-two meters (171 feet) high in concrete to the the top of her head, 270 feet from her feet to the tip of the stainless steel twenty-nine meters long sword. The Statue is also known as Motherland or The Motherland is Calling.

From http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/.\MoRussia\morussia.htm

lordmarcovan · August 7, 2004 10:37AM

I remember seeing pics of that statue before. Mother Russia is a bloody HUGE chick with a sword!

Check out this webpage- it really puts things in perspective!

World's Greatest Statues

I think the Volgograd statue is one of the handsomest.

Cladiator · August 7, 2004 4:29PM

Great info and SWEEEEEEEET pics guys! Can anyone help me with the composition of the coins?

theboz11 · August 8, 2004 2:20AM

Y#142.1 Rouble is Copper-nickel-zinc
198.1 is copper nickel

what a beauty - UPDATE

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