USSR commemorative coin
Series: 20 th anniversary of the first women in space
citizen of the USSR Tereshkova
Par : 1 ruble
Release Date: 16.06.1983
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. | 55000/ 1945000 |
1988 Novodel
Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD) ( ST. Petersburg)
| Metal, fineness | cooper-nickel |
| Quality | Proof –like |
| Total weight, g | 12.8 |
| Thickness, mm | 2.3 |
| Diameter, mm | 31 |
| The edge | The inscription” ОДИН РУБЛЬ (One ruble )· 1988 · N ·", divided by three round dots. |
| Mintage, pcs. | 55000 |
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is the first woman in space, now a retired Soviet cosmonaut. Out of more than four hundred applicants and then out of five finalists, she was selected to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963 and become the first woman to fly in space. On this mission, lasting almost three days in space, she performed various tests on herself to collect data on the female body's reaction to spaceflight.
Before being recruited as a cosmonaut, Tereshkova was a textile-factory assembly worker and an amateur parachutist. After the female cosmonaut group was dissolved in 1969, she became a prominent member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, holding various political offices. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, she retired from politics but remains revered as a hero in Russia.
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