Features
Issuer Soviet Union (Russia)
Period Soviet Union (1922-1991)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1961-1991
Value 20 Kopecks (0.20 SUR)
Currency Rouble (1961-1991)
Composition Nickel brass
Weight 3.4 g
Diameter 21.8 mm
Thickness 1.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 1991
Number N# 763 Help
References Y# 132, Schön# 81
Obverse
Hammer and sickle overlain on globe above sun with rays, all within wreath or sheaf of wheat stalks, star above.
15 orbits of ribbon on wreath (7 + 1 + 7 orbits).
Script: Cyrillic
Lettering: СССР
Translation: USSR
Reverse
Denomination and date within wreath.
Script: Cyrillic
Lettering:
20
КОПЕЕК
1985
Translation:
20
Kopecks
1985
Edge
Reeded
Mints
Mintmark of Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd (Л) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
М Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)
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