Russia in 2002 made changes to the appearance of coins of 1, 2 and 5 rubles. This was done because the Bank of Russia emblem approval process was carried out. On the coins of the new sample, on their obverse, a double-headed eagle is depicted. He has wings spread. Under the eagle in the form of a semicircle is the inscription "BANK OF RUSSIA". The coins were minted only by the mint of St. Petersburg, which is confirmed on the coin by the SPMD stamp. It is located under the right foot of the eagle. The circulation of coins was only 15 thousand copies. Therefore, the denominations of 5, 2 and 1 ruble of the 2003 issue are very rare. And, as a result, have a great value. But if someone succeeds in becoming the owner of the above denominations, on which there will be no stamp, which is a marriage, the value of the coin will increase by three or more times.
1, 5, 10 and 50 kopecks were issued from the change coin.
The year 2003 for Japanese coins of 5, 10 and 500 yen became the year of birth. A 5-yen brass coin has a small hole in the middle.
For the bronze 10-tyenov coin it is characteristic that its issue was huge, and amounted to 551 131 000 units.
A nickel-brass coin of 500 yen can also boast of its circulation of 438,130,000 copies.
Has not bypassed the process of money production and Hungary. So, in 2003, the state minted coins of 1, 10 and 20 forint.
For Belarus, the year 2003 was very fruitful in the field of coin production. 4 copper-nickel coins, 6 silver coins and 1 gold coin appeared in the country. All this metallic money of 2003 relates to commemorative, collection and investment coins.
India has produced chasing commemorative coins of 1, 2 and 5 rupees. Coins of 5 rupees were minted 2 species.