On the mirror field of the disc – the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it – the semicircular inscription along the rim: `РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ` (RUSSIAN FEDERATION), framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms: to the left – indications of the precious metal and its fineness, to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark, on bottom in the centre, in three lines – the inscription: `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin: `2 РУБЛЯ` (2 ROUBLES), the year of issue: `2018 г.` (2018).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
Ag 925 15,55
СПМД
БАНК РОССИИ
2 РУБЛЯ
2018 г. (Translation: Russian Federation SPMD Bank of Russia Roubles)
Reverse description
A relief portrait of A.I. Solzhenitsyn against the background of bookshelves, laser treated for matte finishing; at the bottom, on the right of the portrait, there is an image of a typewriter and a piece of paper with the facsimile signature of the writer and, on the left of the portrait, the dates ‘1918’ and ‘2008’ in two lines.
Reverse script
Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
А. Солженицын
1918
2008 (Translation: A. Solzhenitsyn)
Edge
195 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)