In the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin, 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 - `2000`, 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, Latin
Obverse lettering
ДВА РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 925 • 2000 г. • 15,55 СПМД (Translation: Two Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
To the left - the portrait of M.I.Chigorin, under it - the inscription made on a ribbon: `М.И.ЧИГОРИН` (M.I.CHIGORIN), to the right - a chess-board with chess-men on it, lower - the dates in two lines `1850` `1908`.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
М.И.ЧИГОРИН
1850
1908 (Translation: M.I.CHIGORIN)
Edge
195 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
