<< <i>Still, it sounds like a private issue, not an official coin. >>
+1. Seems to have been made at a "russian factory" not the mint, but often articles get details wrong.
And, despite how it is described in the article, is it a coin or a medal? It's sometimes hard to tell the diff on some NCLT things and admittedly cyrillic is not my strong suit but I don't see a denomination on it.
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<< <i>No politics here but its been a while since a sitting leaders issued official coins depicting themselves. Mintage of 500 my guess sold. >>
That coin is nothing but politics.
Still, it sounds like a private issue, not an official coin. I doubt it will have much collector interest.
<< <i>Still, it sounds like a private issue, not an official coin. >>
+1. Seems to have been made at a "russian factory" not the mint, but often articles get details wrong.
And, despite how it is described in the article, is it a coin or a medal? It's sometimes hard to tell the diff on some NCLT things and admittedly cyrillic is not my strong suit but I don't see a denomination on it.
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<< <i>2.2lbs, that's not a coin, that's a hockey puck! >>
And it has a real puckhead on it.
<< <i>Mintage of 500 my guess sold. >>
According to a Voice of Russia piece last April there was to be a mintage of 25 pieces individually numbered - 121mm by 11mm thick in 925 silver.
<< <i>Russian-to-English translation, anyone?
My wife hasn't spoken Russian in awhile, but her best guess is:
Obverse: "Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich * President of Russian Federation *"
Reverse: "Acceptance of Republic of Crimea to the composition of the Russian Federation"
The words in the map feature on the reverse are the names of towns/cities in Crimea.