UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (1922-1991) RUSSIAN BOLSHOI BALLET - BALLERINA SERIES - PALLADIUM COINAGE TWENTY-FIVE ROUBLES CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 69 Y # 270 OBV: NATIONAL EMBLEM ABOVE WITH DATE BENEATH. REV: BALLERINA PERFORMING THE ROLE OF ODETTE IN TCHAIKOVSKY'S SWAN LAKE; CYRILLIC LEGEND AROUND RIGHT AND LEFT EDGE "RUSSIAN" "BALLET" WITH SMALL STEMMED ROSE LOWER RIGHT. THIS POPULAR PALLADIUM COIN IS A TRIBUTE TO THE ARTISTRY AND BEAUTY OF THE BALLERINA, THE ART OF THE BALLET, RUSSIA'S EXTENSIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THIS BELOVED ART FORM AND THE COINS INSPIRED BY IT. CONTAINS 31.1 GRAMS OF .999 FINE PALLADIUM (1.0 OZ APW) 37 MM IN DIAMETER LENNINGRAD MINT |