In 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 «2006», 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 925 • 2006 г. • 155,5 СПМД • (Translation: Twenty Five Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
In the centre of panoramic picture of monuments of Konevsky Monastery of the St. Virgin’s Nativity – the Cathedral of the St. Virgin’s Nativity against the background of a stylised image of an island, at the bottom to the left – the Sviatogorsky Konevsky Skete with the semicircular inscription: «КОНЕВСКИЙ СКИТ» (THE KONEVSKY SKETE), to the right – a church and a belfry with the semicircular inscription: «КАЗАНСКИЙ СКИТ» (KAZANSKY SKETE), at the top – the image of a chapel on a boulder with the semicircular inscription: «КОНЬ-КАМЕНЬ» (HORSE STONE). The inscriptions along the rim: at the top – «КОНЕВСКИЙ РОЖДЕСТВО-БОГОРОДИЧНЫЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ» (THE KONEVSKY MONASTERY OF THE ST. VIRGIN’S NATIVITY), at the bottom – «о. КОНЕВЕЦ» (KONEVETS ISLAND).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
КОНЕВСКИЙ РОЖДЕСТВО-БОГОРОДИЧНЫЙ
МОНАСТЫРЬ
КОНЬ-КАМЕНЬ
КОНЕВСКИЙ СКИТ
КАЗАНСКИЙ СКИТ
о.КОНЕВЕЦ (Translation: THE KONEVSKY MONASTERY OF THE ST. VIRGIN’S NATIVITY HORSE STONE THE KONEVSKY SKETE KAZANSKY SKETE KONEVETS ISLAND)
Edge
252 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
