Goznak joint-stock company Rus | Eng Products We work for Checkout Innovation Procurement About Goznak home About Goznak Press Center news About Goznak Company today Historical Pages Frequently asked Questions Press Center Press releases news Press about Goznak Intracorporate section Creative contests Contacts Ordering forms of documents on education and qualifications Control identification marks (C&I) news The international jury recognized seven “Elk” commemorative coins of the “Save Our World” series as the Series of the Year. [09/27/2016 15:48:00] The authoritative jury of the Tenth International Competition "Coin Constellation - 2016" recognized seven commemorative coins of the Bank of Russia "Elk" as the best in the "Series of the Year" nomination. The coins are issued in the famous series “Let's Save Our World”, which has been issued by the Bank of Russia since 1992. This is one of the longest-running animal series. At the same time, new coins of the Let's Save Our World series do not appear in circulation every year. The last time such an issue took place was in 2011, and the coins were dedicated to the Central Asian leopard. In 2015, 7 gold and silver coins were put into circulation, and the elk became their hero. Silver and gold coins dedicated to scenes from the life of elk were minted at the Moscow and St. Petersburg mints of Goznak. " The author of the sketch for all seven coins is the artist of the St. Petersburg Mint Fyodor Andronov. He also made the modeling of all four gold coins of this series. The sculptors of the three silver ones are Vladimir Ananin and Eduard Tolzin (MMD) and Mikhail Efimenko (SPMD). “It turned out to be not so simple,” says Fyodor Andronov. - Elk is a secretive animal, so it was difficult to find enough material that is necessary in the work on a series of these coins. Therefore, Andronov went to the Leningrad Zoo, with the employees of which the artists of the St. Petersburg Mint had a long and close relationship. Not only can you see animals here - the zoo has an excellent library with books about animals. -My task in this coin series was - not only to depict the animal itself, but also to convey the environment in which it lives, to tell about its existence in nature .. - says Fyodor Andronov. The coins depict various scenes from the life of an elk. So, for example, on a kilogram gold coin with a face value of 10,000 rubles - a moose cow with moose calves. On a 25-ruble silver coin there is a fight between two young males, and on a 100-ruble silver coin - a pair of elk. A seasoned elk is depicted on a 50-ruble gold coin. When making coins, the masters of the Goznak mints used laser technology - matting of the surface of the coin. However, only individual details of the image are made with a laser, which are elegantly inscribed into the overall picture: for example, glare on the water in the background or paths running away into the distance. The main image of the powerful forest beauties in the foreground is made in relief. The coins are made of 925 silver and 999 gold. The circulation of the 3-ruble silver coin (diameter - 39 mm, the weight of the pure precious metal - 31.1 grams) - 5000 pieces; 25-ruble (diameter - 60 mm, pure precious metal weight - 155.5 grams) - 1000 pieces; silver 100 ‑ ruble (diameter - 100 mm, the weight of pure precious metal - 1 kg) - 250 pieces. The circulation of a 50-ruble gold coin (diameter - 22.6 mm, pure precious metal weight - 7.78 grams) - 1000 pieces, 100-ruble coins (diameter - 30 mm, pure precious metal weight - 15.55 grams) - 750 pieces , 200-ruble (diameter - 3 mm, weight of pure precious metal - 31.1 grams) - 500 pieces, 10,000-ruble coin put into circulation in a circulation of 25 pieces (diameter - 100 mm, weight of pure precious metal - 1 kg) ... Kilogram gold and silver coins are made in "proof-like" quality, In the same nomination, "Series of the Year", the jury awarded the third place to the series of coins of the Bank of Russia "70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", minted at the St. Petersburg Mint. Three coins have been put into circulation in the series: two silver coins in denominations of 3 and 25 rubles and a gold one in denominations of 50 rubles. In the nomination "Silver Coin of the Year", the third place was awarded to a commemorative coin with a face value of 25 rubles, minted at the St. Petersburg Mint - "The Creations of Michelangelo Buonarroti". In the Gold Coin of the Year nomination, the third place belongs to the Russian 1000-ruble coin "155th Anniversary of the Bank of Russia", which was minted at the Moscow Mint. In the "Unique Idea Solution" nomination, the third place was taken by the first in Russia rectangular commemorative coin of the Bank of Russia "Issue of the first payment cards of the National Payment System of the Russian Federation", minted at the St. Petersburg Mint of Goznak. The results of the "Coin Constellation-2016" were summed up at a ceremony that took place on September 22, 2016 within the framework of the Seventh International Conference and Exhibition of Coins COINS-2016. Famous mints of the world, national and commercial banks, leading distributing companies of coins traditionally took part in this only international coin forum in Russia. More than 240 commemorative coins + 23 coin series were presented to the international jury, which includes experts from well-known world museums and auction houses, representatives of distribution companies, numismatic associations and specialized professional publications. All of these coins were issued from January 1 to December 31, 2015. Applications were received from 44 participants representing 29 countries. Among the participants of the "Coin Constellation-2016": Central Bank of Russia, Central and National banks of Armenia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Kyrgyz Republic, Poland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Transnistria. Coins for participation in the competition were also submitted by companies: China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (China), Coin Invest Trust (Liechtenstein), Downies (Australia), International Coin House AG (Switzerland), Moneda Nueva (Spain), NumisCollect (Netherlands), Numiscom GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), AIKB Tatfondbank (Russia), AKB Transstroybank (Russia), Association PRUF (Russia), OJSC Rosselkhozbank (Russia), Treasures of Oz Pty Ltd (Australia), New Zealand Post ( New Zealand); mints of Russia, Poland, France, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Spain, Canada, Netherlands, Austria, Mexico, USA, Finland, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, Back to news list Share this: © 2004-2016 GOZNAK JSC. Official site.