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The sturgeon Russian

The Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family. It is found in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. This fish can grow up to six feet and weigh almost 250lbs. Russian Sturgeon cannot mature and reproduce quickly, making them highly vulnerable to fishing.

Transnistria 2008 The sturgeon Russian
Obverse: 
in the centre of the coin there is an image of the State Emblem of   Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika  with the circular inscriptions in Cyrillic "ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК" (Pridnestrovskii Respublikanskii Bank) in Cyrillic around the image and the indication of the face value of the coin "10 РУБЛЕЙ" (10 RUBLES) at the bottom . The issue year “2008 “ is under the image.
Reverse: 
At centre an image of the sturgeon. On the right: a graphics image of the book, under her - inscription «ACIPENSER GUELDENSTAEDTII BRONDT ET ROTZEBURG». Above: from left to right - inscription "КРАСНАЯ КНИГА ПРИДНЕСТРОВЬЯ" (RED BOOK TRANSDNIESTRIA). Below at the left - inscription "ОСЕТР РУССКИЙ" (STURGEON RUSSIAN).
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Catalog ID: 
PMR140CM1
Krause ID: 
KM# 125
Value: 
€65
Mintage: 
500
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Purity: 
0.925
Weight: 
14.14g
Diameter: 
32mm
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