 However, a large number of golden chervontsy were struck in the 1920s design before the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, for sale to collectors (1,000,000 coins of proof quality dated 1980) and businesses (6,565,000 uncirculated coins, dated 1975–1982).It was hoped that the Soviet chervontsy would compete with the South African Kruggerand, the popular bullion coin of the time.This issue contains 8.6026 g of .900 fine gold (0.2489 troy ounces).