The centre – the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, 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 – the year of issue «2005», 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 • 2005 г. • 15,55 СПМД (Translation: Two Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
A portrait of P.K. Klodt, lower – the dates in two lines «1805» «1867», to the left on a plinth – a naked athlete controlling a reared horse by means of the bridle. The inscription at the top along the rim – «П.К. КЛОДТ» (P.K. KLODT)
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
П.К. КЛОДТ
1805
1867 (Translation: P.K. KLODT)
Edge
195 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)