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 — «1999», 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 • 1999 г. • 15,55 СПМД (Translation: Two Rouble Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
The fragment of the N.K.Rerikh`s painting with its title at the bottom in two lines: «ДЕЛА ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКИЕ» (THE HUMAN ACTS), at the top to the right — the portrait of the painter, under it — the inscription in two lines: «НИКОЛАЙ РЕРИХ (NIKOLAI RERIKH), to the right from the portrait — the dates in two lines «1874» «1947».
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
1874
1947
НИКОЛАЙ
РЕРИХ
ДЕЛА
ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКИЕ (Translation: NIKOLAI RERIKH THE HUMAN ACTS)
Edge
195 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)