Coins in the series
About the series
“Cities of Military Glory” is a series of 10-rouble commemorative coins of the Bank of Russia issued from 2011 to 2016. The honorary title of the Russian Federation “City of Military Glory” was established by Federal Law No. 68-FZ of 9 May 2006: it is awarded to cities on whose territory, or near which, defenders of the Fatherland showed courage, endurance and mass heroism in battle during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. The first cities to receive the title in 2007 were Belgorod, Kursk and Oryol, and the coin series began with them.
Each coin is dedicated to one city and shows its coat of arms on the artistic side, with the ribbon inscription “ГОРОДА ВОИНСКОЙ СЛАВЫ” (Cities of Military Glory) above it and the name of the city along the rim. The official side is the same on every coin: the denomination “10 РУБЛЕЙ” with hidden images of the number “10” and the letters “РУБ”, laurel and oak branches, the year and the mint mark. The coins are struck in brass-plated steel and the mintage of each is 10,000,000 pieces. The series has 45 coins in total: eight were issued in 2011, eight each in 2012, 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015 and four in 2016. The designs are by the artist A. A. Brynza; the St Petersburg Mint struck most of the issues, while the Moscow Mint struck the coins of Stary Oskol and Grozny.
