In the centre of a disc - the emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by artist I. Bilibin), from the left to the right - the inscription `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA), the letters below indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the fine metal content, the mint trademark and the date `1966`, above - the Bolshoi Theatre building in Moscow, the inscriptions along the rim: at the top - `БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР` (BOLSHOI THEATRE), at the bottom in two lines - `100 РУБЛЕЙ.` (100 ROUBLES).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР
БАНК РОССИИ
Ag 900 1 кг ЛМД 1996
100
РУБЛЕЙ (Translation: BOLSHOI THEATRE Bank of Russia LMD Roubles)
Reverse description
Masha sitting under the Christmas tree with the Nutcracker doll in her arms, in the background - a scene from the ball in the epilogue, the inscription along the rim - `ЩЕЛКУНЧИК` (THE NUTCRACKER).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ЩЕЛКУНЧИК (Translation: THE NUTCRACKER)
Edge
360 corrugations
Mint
(ЛМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
