The two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the fine metal content and the mint trademark. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «25 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.» (25 ROUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
25 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.
Ag 900 ЛМД 155,5
БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: Roubles LMD Bank of Russia)
Reverse description
Workers laying a railway track, behind them - an engine, in the background - a taiga forest, above it - Siberia`s coat of arms, the inscriptions along the rim separated by an anchor crossed with an ax, the emblem of the Russian Empire`s Ministry of Railways: at the top - `100 ЛЕТ ТРАНССИБИРСКОЙ МАГИСТРАЛИ` (THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY), at the bottom - `УКЛАДКА ПУТИ` (TRACK BUILDING).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
100 ЛЕТ ТРАНССИБИРСКОЙ МАГИСТРАЛИ
УКЛАДКА ПУТИ (Translation: Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway TRACK BUILDING)
Edge
252 corrugations
Mint
(ЛМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)