In the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower - the semicircular inscription - `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top - `СТО РУБЛЕЙ` (ONE HUNDRED ROUBLES), at the bottom - the year of issue `2003`, the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
СТО РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Au 900 • 2003 г. • 15,55 СПМД • (Translation: One Hundred Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
A Kamchatka aboriginal on a shore holding a leister, bow, quiver with arrows and a fish, to the left and to the right from him - the dates on a ribbon `1725` `1730`, to the right - a sailing ship against the background of outlines of mountains. The inscription along the rim - `1ая КАМЧАТСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ` (THE 1st KAMCHATKA EXPEDITION).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
1ая КАМЧАТСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ
1725 1730 (Translation: The 1st Kamchatka Expedition)
Edge
240 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)