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Catch a Girl

USSR Commemorative Silver Coin

Series: Games of XXII Olympiad. Moscow. 1980
Catch a Girl.

Par : 10 rubles

Release Date: 1978

Mint: Leningrad (LMD) (ST. Petersburg) and Moscow Mint (ММD).

USSR Commemorative Silver Coin 10 rubles Proof and UNC Catch a Girl Games of XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980
USSR Commemorative Silver Coin 10 rubles Proof and UNC Catch a Girl Games of XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980

Metal, fineness Silver 900/1000
Quality Proof and UNC
Content chemically pure metal, g 30
Total weight, g 33.33
Thickness, mm 3.3
Diameter, mm 39
The edge 300 corrugations.
Mintage, pcs. 118409 / 226403

Catch a Girl-national equestrian game in Kazakhstan and Kirgyzian. Mounted girls and youths compete in pairs. In the first game a youth pursues a girl and when catching kisses her; in the second part - a girl pursues a youth and if succeeded, strikes him with a lash.racing distance 400-500 m, a pursuer starts two horse corps behind. The results are evaluated in 5-ball scale taking into account the speed, horsemanship and artistic impression.

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