Article on current Medals emissions in Russia

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In modern Russia it bacame a tradition to issue medals to various anniversaries and celebrations. Here's an article about the cost of such unofficial medal emissions:

http://www.rokf.ru/articles/9105.shtml?1621

To summarize, these medal emissions are pretty unexpensive, recent strikes had the following price tags per piece:

- 850 Yrs Moscow, 1997 yr, 1.858 millions copies - $3.12,
- For Statistical Count of Population, 2002 yr, 90,000 copies - $3.37,
- 300 yrs Peterburg, new issue - 2003, 670,000 copies - $2.86 (in local currency - 89.4 rubles for the medal, 41.16 for the award box).

Best.

William