| Change and commemorative coins |
 We can mint coins weighing from 1,5 grams up to 3 kilograms of non-ferrous and precious metals alloys. Now Goznak produces seven kinds of change coins for the Russian money market. The contract for rupees production under the order of the Government of India, which was prolonged and performed by us in 2001 and the first half of 2002, is just another proof of our capability to produce large amounts of high quality coins at competitive prices.
For numismatists and those who like souvenirs we produce sets of commemorative collectible coins of the world level made of silver, gold, platinum and palladium. The range of products includes samples of ordinary change coins minted for various memorable dates, dedicated to important literary and scientific achievements, sport events, like Olympic games.
Lately we have invested considerable funds into the highest-accuracy production and processing equipment in order to provide the constant good quality of products. Our technical specialists and craftsmen have many years’ experience in coin production. At every stage of the new product creation process we closely co-operate with our customers, so that the design and performance accurately reproduced the general conception of the product. Implementation of the recent security elements into the coin production allows us not only to protect our products against counterfeiting, but also to increase their attraction for end-users and collectors.
We use very many world-accepted security elements in the coin production. Besides, the specialists of our Mints constantly develop new security technologies and adapt them to our customers’ requirements.
The products of the Moscow Mint won international awards and prizes time and again. In January 1991 the gold 100-ruble coin “A Monument to Peter the Great” (issued in 1990) was named the Coin of the year, in July 1997 we received the award for the best silver coin of 1995 – “The 50th Anniversary of the Victory in the War 1941-1945” (100-ruble denomination).
The Saint-Petersburg Mint received prestigious international diploma, including
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Prize “The Best Palladium Coin of the World” in 1990 – “The 500th Anniversary of the United Russian Nation”;
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Prize “The Best Historical Coin of the World” in 1991 – “30 years since the first human space flight”;
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Prize “The Best Historical Coin of the World” in 1992 – “Sovereignty, Democracy, Revival"
In 1998 the Saint-Petersburg Mint won the “Coin of the Year” prize of the “World Coin News” Publishing House (USA) for the best silver coin “Nutcracker” issued in 1996 (100-ruble denomination) of “The Russian Ballet” series.
In 2003 the experts of the American “Krause Publications” of the “World Coin News” Magazine named “Romeo and Juliet” 25-ruble silver coin of “The 225th Anniversary of the Bolshoy Theater of Russia” series “the coin of the highest artistic value”.
The Mints
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