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 – «ДВА РУБЛЯ» (TWO ROUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2006», 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
Obverse lettering
ДВА РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 925 • 2006 г. • 15,55 СПМД (Translation: Two Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
A portrait of the artist, under it – the facsimile signature «АЛЕКСАНДР ИВАНОВ» (ALEXANDER IVANOV) and a palette with paint brushes, the dates in two lines on the matted field «1806» «1858», to the right – the painting «The Appearance of Christ to the People».
Reverse script
Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
Александр
Иванов
1806
1858 (Translation: ALEXANDER IVANOV)
Edge
195 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)