10 rubles 2012 "Patriotic war of 1812. Arch". Description, cost

The coin is made on a steel billet with thin brass electroplating. The obverse and reverse sides have a protruding on the circumference of the piping.

The obverse of the coin in the middle of two lines with specified amount (the number "10" underneath the word "РУБЛЕЙ". Inside the figure "0" alternately when changing the angle of inclination can be seen the number "10" and the word "РУБ" On a circle above the inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" at the bottom the year of issue "2012" on the left a Laurel branch, right to oak. Bottom right there is a sign of the Saint-Petersburg mint (consists of letters "СПМД".

The reverse of the coin depicts a Triumphal arch, located on the square of Tverskaya Zastava in Moscow. Below in a semicircle the inscription - "ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННАЯ ВОЙНА 1812 ГОДА"

Artist S. V. Sutyagin, the sculptor A. A. Dolgopolova. The coin was released August 1, 2012.


Triumphal arch in Moscow was built on the square of Tverskaya Zastava in 1829-1834 years (architect-O. I. Bove) in honor of the victory over Napoleon's army in contrast to the arc de Triomphe in Paris. In 1936, they were dismantled, and in 1966-1968 built an exact copy on Kutuzovsky Prospekt.