In the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed bу а circle of dots and inscriptions, above - the denomination: `ДЕСЯТЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЕЙ` (TEN THOUSAND ROUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal, its fineness and the mint trade mark, in the centre – the уеаr of issue `2004 г.` (2004), to the right - the fine metal content and the ordinal number sign of the coin №___.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
ДЕСЯТЬ ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Au 999 ММД • 2004 г. • 1 кг № 099 • (Translation: Ten thousand Roubles Bank of Russia MMD)
Reverse description
In the centre, оn the falsework – the figure of the icon-painter with the paintbrush during the work on the fresco `The Trinity`, to the left and to the right – figures of Stolpniki (saints among reverends chosenspecial kind of the deed – standing on a column {Russian – `Stolp`} for deepen praying), at the top – the stylized image of the Church of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour on Ilyin Street in the city of Novgorod. The inscription at the bottom: `ФЕОФАН ГРЕК` (THEOPHANES THE GREEK).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ФЕОФАН
ГРЕК (Translation: Theophanes the Greek)
Edge
360 corrugations
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)
