N 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 – «ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ» (TWENTY FIVE ROUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2004», 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
ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 900 • 2004 г. • 155,5 СПМД • (Translation: Twenty Five Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
A sailing ship against the background of a map, to the left and to the right from it – the dates on a ribbon «1733» «1743», to the left at the top – outlines of Kamchatka and Chukchee peninsulas, to the right – the north-western coast of the North America, lower – a sailing ship. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top – «2 ая КАМЧАТСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ» (The 2nd Kamchatka expedition), at the bottom to the left –«ПАКЕТБОТ СВ.ПЁТР» (Packet-boat St. Peter), to the right –«ПАКЕТБОТ СВ.ПАВЕЛ» (Packet-boat St. Paul).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
2 ая КАМЧАТСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ
1733 1743
ПАКЕТБОТ СВ.ПЁТР ПАКЕТБОТ СВ.ПАВЕЛ (Translation: Kamchatka expedition Packet-boat St. Peter Packet-boat St. Paul)
Edge
252 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)