Coins in the series
About the series
“Legends and Tales of the Peoples of Russia” is a series of silver commemorative 3-rouble coins issued by the Bank of Russia, launched in December 2017 with two coins, “The Firebird” and “The Frog Princess”. The idea of the series is to put the fairy-tale heritage of the country into metal: Russian folk tales, the verse tales of Alexander Pushkin and Pyotr Yershov, and the legends of the indigenous peoples of the North. By 2026 seven coins have appeared, each devoted to a single story: “The Firebird” and “The Frog Princess” (2017), “The Hunter and the Snake” (2019), “Morozko” (2020), “The Little Humpbacked Horse” (2022), “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” (2024) and “Raven Kutkh” (2026).
The coins are struck in .925 silver in proof quality at the Saint Petersburg Mint. They contain 31.1 g of pure silver (one troy ounce), measure 39.0 mm in diameter, have a reeded edge with 300 reeds and mintages from 5,000 to 7,000 pieces. The official side always bears the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, while the artistic side shows the tale with the name of the programme around the rim. Over time colour elements, partial gilding, laser matting and an interference-effect rainbow on the microrelief have appeared, making each coin a small work of art in its own right.
