The two-headed eagle (designed by I. Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «150 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.» (150 ROUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
150 РУБЛЕЙ 1994г.
Pt 999 ЛМД 15,55
БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: Roubles LMD Bank of Russia)
Reverse description
To the left - the sloop `Vostok`, to the right - the sloop `Mirny`, under them from the left to the right - a boat with oarsmen in it and penguins on an ice-floe, the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — `ПЕРВАЯ РУССКАЯ АНТАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 1819-1821` (THE FIRST RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1819-1821), at the bottom - `В АНТАРКТИЧЕСКИХ ВОДАХ` (IN THE ANTARCTIC SEAS).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ПЕРВАЯ РУССКАЯ АНТАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ
ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 1819•1821
В АНТАРКТИЧЕСКИХ ВОДАХ (Translation: THE FIRST RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION IN THE ANTARCTIC SEAS)
Edge
240 corrugations
Mint
(ЛМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
