Name: 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Russian Writer L.N. Tolstoy
Issue Quality: UNC
Metal: Cupronickel (copper-nickel)
Designation: Cu-Ni
Denomination: 1 ruble
Currency Unit: Ruble
Type (Strike): Commemorative
Issue Year: 1988
Sculptor: A.A. Novichkov.
Artist: A.G. Miroshnichenko.
CBR Code: 3009-0032
Diameter: 31 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
XF: 181 ₽
UNC: 25 ₽
Reverse Slightly left of center, a bust portrait of L. N. Tolstoy. To the right of it, along the outer rim of the coin from top to bottom, the inscription "L. N. TOLSTOY" and the writer's years of life "1828 — 1910".
Obverse In the upper part of the coin is the State Emblem of the USSR, encircled by a ribbon (15 turns), below it the letters "USSR", slightly lower the denomination of the coin, the digit "1" and below the word "RUBLE", at the bottom near the edge the year of minting "1988".