Russia (USSR, Leningrad Mint) Bronze (Tombac) Medal 1974 - 250th Anniversary of the Leningrad Mint

65mm. 124.48g. UNC/UNC. 

Mintage 535 pcs. 

Medalier: Kozlov. 

Shkurko, Salykov 853. 

Rare. 

Obv.: Full architectural view of the Leningrad Mint building with pediment, columns, and arched windows; above, in semicircle, inscription: ЛЕНИНГРАДСКИЙ МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР (Leningrad Mint), and in three lines at center, inscriptions ГОЗНАК (Goznak), МИНИСТЕРСТВО ФИНАНСОВ (Ministry of Finance), СССР (USSR). Below, large anniversary emblem 250, with the dates 1724 and 1974 on the sides. Signature at lower right: КОЗЛОВ 1974 (Kozlov, 1974). 

Rev.: At center, large State Emblem of the USSR; below it, a group of Soviet orders and medals arranged in a semicircle. To the left, a figure of a worker striking with a hammer; to the right, a female mint worker holding an ingot. 

Around, full circular inscription: 

1724 С.ПЕТЕРБУРСКИЙ МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР • 1914 ПЕТРОГРАДСКИЙ МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР • 1924 ЛЕНИНГРАДСКИЙ МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР 

(1724 St. Petersburg Mint - 1914 Petrograd Mint - 1924 Leningrad Mint). 

The origins of the Leningrad Mint date to 1724, when Peter the Great established a major minting facility in St. Petersburg as part of broader administrative and monetary reforms. Through successive periods - imperial, Petrograd, and Soviet - the mint became one of the principal centers for producing coins, medals, and state insignia.