USSR coin «175 years since the birth of T. G. Shevchenko» 1 rub., 1989, copper-nickel alloy
175 років з дня народження Т. Г. Шевченка
copper-nickel alloy
Obverse: on top of the coat of arms of the USSR with 15 turns of tape underneath the letters "USSR", the symbol below if the coin denomination, the number "1" and below the word "RUBLE", the bottom edge year of issue "1989".
Reverse: at centre an image of T. G. Shevchenko on the left in two lines, date "1814", "1861" and the inscription in a semicircle "T. G. SHEVCHENKO", below the signature, facsimile of the poet.
Edge: two pressed the inscription "ONE RUBLE", between them the two pressed square pixels.
- Release date
- Denomination
- 1 rub.
- Metal
- copper-nickel alloy
- Weight
- 12.8 g
- Diameter
- 31 mm
- Mintage
- 3 300 000 pcs.
- Mint quality
- Proof