The two-headed eagle designed by artist I. Bilibin, the inscriptions along the rim, separated by an ornament: at the top - `ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ` (TEN ROUBLES), at the bottom - `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: TEN ROUBLES BANK OF RUSSIA)
Reverse description
The picture of a cargo vessel, over it - Hermes (Greek god, the patron of trade), below - a map of the Earth`s hemispheres, the inscriptions along the rim: at the top on a ribbon - `300-ЛЕТИЕ РОССИЙСКОГО ФЛОТА` (THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET), at the bottom - `ГРУЗОВОЕ СУДНО` (THE CARGO VESSEL), to the left - the mint trademark, to the right - the date `1996`.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
300-ЛЕТИЕ РОССИЙСКОГО ФЛОТА
1996 ЛМД ГРУЗОВОЕ СУДНО (Translation: ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET LMD THE CARGO VESSEL)
Edge
Segmented reeding
Mint
(ЛМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)