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
Obverse lettering
ДВА РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 925 • 2000 г. • 15,55 ММД (Translation: Two Roubles Bank of Russia MMD)
Reverse description
To the left -the portrait of S.V.Kovalevskaya in an oval, to the right - architectural monuments of St. Petersburg and Stockholm, lower - the inscription in two lines: `СOФЬЯ КОВАЛЕВСКАЯ` (SOFIA KOVALEVSKAYA) and the dates `1850` `1891` divided by a horizontal line, at the bottom - a rose, a triangle, a sheet of paper, dividers, an opened book, the planet Saturn.
Reverse script
Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
Сoфья
Ковалевская
1850
1891 (Translation: Sofia Kovalevskaya)
Edge
195 corrugations
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)