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Soviet space research
USSR commemorative coin
Series: XXII Olympic Games in Moscow
Soviet space research
Par : 1 ruble
Release Date: 1979 year
Mint: Leningrad (LMD) (ST. Petersburg).
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| Metal, fineness | cooper-nickel |
| Quality | Proof and UNC |
| Total weight, g | 12.8 |
| Thickness, mm | 2.3 |
| Diameter, mm | 31 |
| The edge | The inscription "ОДИН РУБЛЬ ОДИН РУБЛЬ"("one ruble one ruble")of separated by two square dots. |
| Mintage, pcs. | 334500 / 4665500 |
The launch of the first man-made object to orbit the Earth, the USSR's Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957. The Soviet space program achieved many of the first milestones, including the first living being in orbit in 1957, the first human spaceflight (Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1) in 1961, the first spacewalk (by Aleksei Leonov) in 1965, the first automatic landing on another celestial body in 1966, and the launch of the first space station (Salyut 1) in 1971.
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