North Convoy. 1941-1945

The obverse:
in the center - the view of the Cupolas of the Cathedral of Interession on the Moat and the Saviour's Tower, above it to the left - the two-headed eagle, under it to the right - the mint trademark. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA), at the bottom in tree lines — "3 РУБЛЯ" "1992" (3 RUBLES 1992).

The reverse:
the depiction of three ships attacked by a bomber, below from left to right - the flags of the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, the inscription along the rim: at the bottom - "CЕВЕРНЫЙ КОНВОЙ" (NORTH COVOY), to the right - the dates "1941•1945".

The artist: A. V. Baklanov

The sculptor: S. M. Ivanov

Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)

The edge: two incised inscriptions "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" (THREE RUBLES), separated by two asterisks.

The Allied convoys were special groups of transport and patrol ships organised by the United States and Great Britain, the Soviet Union's Allies in World War Two, to deliver cargoes from the North Atlantic to Soviet ports and back. They brought to the USSR arms, transport vehicles, food and other vital cargoes and took from the Soviet Union strategic raw materials. The first British convoy arrived at Arkhangelsk on August 31, 1941. In all, 42 convoys comprising 722 transport ships reached Soviet ports during the war and 36 convoys were sent back from the USSR (682 transport ships reached their ports of destination). That unprecedented experience of organising sea convoys in wartime in the forbidding conditions of the north was of great importance for the Allied victory over the common enemy.

Denomination 3 rubles

Quality unc

Alloy Copper,Nickel

Total weight, G 14.35 (+0.20 -1.00)

Diameter, mm 33.0 (+0.25)

Thickness, mm 2.30 (±0.30)

Mintage, pcs. 400000

Source: The Central Bank of Russian Federation