<p>Russia has started minting 10 million commemorative coins featuring the three mascots of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, organisers said Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"There will be up to 10 million coins depicting the Bear, Hare and Snow Leopard," the Olympic Committee said in a statement. The coins will become available in April.<br /><br />A total of 12 kinds of commemorative coins will be issued in 2012, featuring Olympic sports facilities, Sochi city's natural surroundings and Russian winter views, the organisers said.<br /><br />The Russian Central Bank will also issue a commemorative Olympics 100-ruble bank note in 2013, said Nadezhda Savinskaya of the bank's St. Petersburg department.<br /><br />"It will be the first experience of issuing commemorative bank notes," Savinskaya said.</p>
<p>Russia has started minting 10 million commemorative coins featuring the three mascots of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, organisers said Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"There will be up to 10 million coins depicting the Bear, Hare and Snow Leopard," the Olympic Committee said in a statement. The coins will become available in April.<br /><br />A total of 12 kinds of commemorative coins will be issued in 2012, featuring Olympic sports facilities, Sochi city's natural surroundings and Russian winter views, the organisers said.<br /><br />The Russian Central Bank will also issue a commemorative Olympics 100-ruble bank note in 2013, said Nadezhda Savinskaya of the bank's St. Petersburg department.<br /><br />"It will be the first experience of issuing commemorative bank notes," Savinskaya said.</p>