Olympic coin of 1 thousand rubles in Sochi sold for 430 thousand rubles

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Jubilee gold coin series «XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi» par value of 1000 rubles - «Fauna Sochi» released Bank of Russia February 21, 2012 .
                    Specifications :
        
Diameter of the coin - 50,00 (± 0,40) mm , the coin is made of gold 999/1000 samples . Total weight 156,40 (± 0,70) , the contents of chemically pure metal not less than 155.50 , the thickness of the coin 5,70 (± 0,35) mm.
                   Issue : 600 pcs .

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 Wednesday , February 19 , in one of the offices of Sberbank of Olympic commemorative coin was sold "Flora" for 430 thousand rubles . , the press service of the bank .
Gold coin series «XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 . Sochi " 1tys denomination . rub. was released by the Bank of Russia April 15, 2011. Coin total mass of 156.4 g is made of gold 999/1000 samples . On the reverse of the left side of the disc - the relief allegorical depiction of the goddess Flora , right on the mirror box - skater performing a circular motion on the ice beneath it in three lines - the inscription "Sochi ", the date " 2014" and the five Olympic rings .
" Customer has purchased a coin on the last day of his stay in Sochi. He arrived in the capital of the Games to support the athletes of the Russian team and decided to fill his collection of expensive gold coin Olympic series "- said the agency " RBC - Kuban " bank representative .
Tradition issue celebrating the Olympic Games , has nearly 26 centuries . The first Olympic coin antiquity dates back 510-500 years. BC and the first modern Olympic coin was issued for the Games in 1952 . in Helsinki. Coinage program "Sochi 2014" in Russia implement the Central Bank of Russia, Sberbank and the Organizing Committee "Sochi 2014" . Issued a series of Olympic comprise silver, gold coins , and coins of different denominations of nonferrous metals , dedicated to winter sports. One of the most expensive in Olympic coin series is considered "Flora" , featuring a figure skater . Its circulation - up to 600 pieces.
Recall the sale of commemorative coins dedicated to the Games in Sochi , began in 2011. Total from 2011 to 2014. was released 47 kinds of commemorative and investment coins , the total circulation of which amounted to more than 46.7 million units .
According to media reports from 2011 . and March 2013. citizens spent on Olympic coins to 3.5 billion rubles.

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Fellow client , given the circulation coin , 75 bucks for 1 gr.normalnaya price .. it is much better than the Russian , paper wrappers .