Title

USSR Hotel Ukrania Commemorative Coin, 1971

Creation Date

November 24 1971

Description

2008.5.626A- Bronze commemorative coin from the former USSR. The coin has a city scape image with a large bridge and the Ukrania Hotel in Moscow. The top of the coin has a Cyrillic inscription- A partial translation of the inscription reads "Hotel Ukrania". A river is seen in the foreground flowing under the bridge and around the hotel.
2008.005.626B- wooden case to house and protect the Russian bronze commemorative coin. Both the base and lid are cut at a 45 degree angle on the back edge and have a thin cloth inserted in a notch to act as a hinge. There is a white office label on the top of the lid with a hand written inscription which reads, "Foreign Trade Bank Ivanov 11-24-71". There is also a yellow dot sticker on the lid which reads "# 83 case 9B".

Geographic Notes

Russia