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Coin, 1 Ruble, USSR (Soviet Union)
Coin
Soviet 1-ruble coin. One face shows the USSR state emblem (hammer and sickle over globe with sun, wheat-ear wreath, star) above the legend "СССР" and the denomination "ОДИН РУБЛЬ" (one ruble), encircled by an outer inscription (partly legible, "…ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ…"). The other face is heavily corroded and effaced, with no legible design remaining.
2025.20.30
Soviet currency. Soviet coins circulated in and reached Cuba during the period of close USSR–Cuba alliance (1960s–1980s). The object is Soviet-made; its relevance to the Cuba Material collection depends on documented import to or acquisition in Cuba. Its presence likely reflects Soviet–Cuban ties, but that link must be established from provenance.
2025.20
Gift
State Bank of the USSR
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
Made/Created Date: Undetermined — date not legible (heavy toning/corrosion; no visible year). ⚠️ Also uncertain whether this is a standard circulating ruble or a commemorative (e.g., the common 1965 "20th Anniversary of Victory" ruble or a 1970 Lenin centenary ruble, both of which carry the state-emblem/ОДИН РУБЛЬ obverse) Minted at: Either the Leningrad Mint (Ленинградский монетный двор) or the Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор) — the two Soviet mints (Goznak). Specific mint not determinable from these images.
"СССР"; "ОДИН РУБЛЬ" (one ruble); partly legible outer legend (appears to include "ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ"); USSR state emblem
no legible inscription (surface corroded/effaced)
Metal
Copper-nickel alloy (standard for Soviet 1-ruble coins of the 1961–91 period).
Poor
State Bank of the USSR
producer
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America