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100 rubles 1989 USSR – Russia gold coin – State seal of Ivan III

100 rubles proof coin
Gold 900/1000
quality proof;
diameter 30,0 (-0,25)mm
weight 17.45 g
Mintage 14000 pcs
Date of issue: 1989

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Series: 500th anniv. of Russian State

500th Anniversary of the United Russian State   1497 year   State Seal of Ivan III

Ivan III Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440, Moscow – 27 October 1505, Moscow), also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus’ (Velikij kňaz’ vseja Rusi). Sometimes referred to as the “gatherer of the Rus’ lands”, he tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the Golden Horde over the Rus’, renovated the Moscow Kremlin, and laid the foundations of what later became called the Russian state. He was one of the longest-reigning Russian rulers in history.