The obverse of the coin features a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and the inscriptions ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) and ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘2 РУБЛЯ’ (2 ROUBLES), the year of issue ‘2023 г.’ (2023), the chemical symbol of the metal according to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Elements, fineness, the Saint Petersburg Mint trademark, and fine metal content.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
Ag 925 15,55
СПМД
БАНК РОССИИ
2 РУБЛЯ
2023 г. (Translation: Russian Federation SPMD Bank of Russia Roubles)
Reverse description
The reverse of the coin features a relief image of Feodor Chaliapin’s portrait against the background of images of his stage personas and a fragment of the stave, laser treated for matte finishing, the facsimile of the singer’s signature — below on the right, and the years of his birth and death ‘1873’ and ‘1938’ in two lines on the left.
Reverse script
Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
1873
1938
Ф Шаляпин (Translation: А Chaliapin)
Edge
195 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)