In the centre — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), above it — the semicircular inscription — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA) lower — the denomination «ОДИН РУБЛЬ (ONE ROUBLE) stressed by horizontal line, which is divided with a dot in the middle, at the bottom — «1999», to the right — the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
БАНК РОССИИ
СПМД
ОДИН РУБЛЬ
1999 (Translation: Bank of Russia SPMD One Rouble)
Reverse description
The self portrait of A.S.Pushkin in profile, under it in four lines — the facsimile signature «АЛЕКСАНДР ПУШКИН» (ALEXANDR PUSHKIN) and the dates «1799» «1837».
Reverse script
Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
Александр
Пушкин
1799
1837 (Translation: Alexandr Pushkin)
Edge
Reeded
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date) (СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
Mintage
1999 ММД - Moscow Mint - 5 000 000 1999 СПМД - St. Petersburg Mint - 5 000 000