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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taxidermist, post: 1723787, member: 24849&quot;]I am not complety sure how come the logo of Bank Of Russia is the same as the logo of Russian Republic that briefly existed in 1917, but it seems that they put special birds on special coins, to honor the occasion I`d guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>They put the 1825 eagle version (some call it &quot;masonic eagle&quot;?) on 2012 2 rub. minted for the 200 years of 1812 war victory:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]267724.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Before that in 2011 and then 2012/2013 there was the official eagle adopted in 1993 on 25 rub. Sochi coins you can see above. Maybe to emphasize that Sochi is indeed in Russia.</p><p><br /></p><p>On all &quot;standard&quot; circulation and on some commemorative issues there is the one from 1917 Republic:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]267722.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Which was the very last eagle design before they turned it into RSFSR coat of arms:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]267723.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">* Not my coins and photos.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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