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| Issuer | Bank of Russia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 17 g |
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| Obverse description | At centre, the double-headed eagle emblem of the Bank of Russia as designed by Ivan Bilibin occupies the field, with wings displayed and a crown above each head. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, with the semicircular legend «БАНК РОССИИ» (Bank of Russia) inscribed below the eagle. Along the upper rim runs the denomination «ДВА РУБЛЯ» (Two Roubles), while the date «1999» appears at the lower rim. To the left of the eagle, the metal purity designation «Ag 925» is inscribed, and to the right, the fine metal content «15,55» and the Saint Petersburg Mint monogram «СПМД». |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a portrait of Karl Pavlovich Bryullov after the celebrated painting by Vasily Andreyevich Tropinin, rendered in high relief against a background evoking mountain contours in the field. At the base of the design, an artist's palette is depicted, accompanied by the dates «1799» and «1852» inscribed in two lines, indicating the years of the painter's birth and death. The curved legend «К.П.БРЮЛЛОВ» runs along the upper left rim, identifying the subject. The composition commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the renowned Russian Romantic painter. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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