Russia - Great Patriotic War - 3 Roubles - 2005 - 15 Proof Silver Crowns - Box & COA - Spectacular set of 15 legal tender 3 Rouble proof silver coins, each bearing the national coat of arms of one of the following former Soviet Republics, all independent since 1991: Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Moldova, Lithuania, Armenia, Latvia and Estonia. The lacquered box bears the Soviet Badge of Great Patriotic War on top and includes a historical brochure. The coins were designed by E. V. Kramskaya, I. M. Khamraev of the Moscow Mint, and the total mintage was limited to 1,000 sets.