In the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: `ДВЕСТИ РУБЛЕЙ` (TWO HUNDRED ROUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue `2010 г.` (2010), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
ДВЕСТИ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Au 999 • 2010 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: Two hundred Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
To the left - the portrait of A.P. Chekhov, above - the image of his memorial house with garden in Yalta, to the right - the figure of a woman with a little dog on the quay, lower - dates in two lines: `1860` and `1904`, below on the mirror surface of a paper sheet - the matted facsimile signature of the writer: `А. ЧЕХОВ` (A.CHEKHOV).
Reverse script
Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
1860 1904
А. Чехов (Translation: A. Chekhov)
Edge
252 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
