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 «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
In the centre, against the background of the stylised image of the Valaam Archipelago islands in the Ladoga Lake – the view of the architectural monuments of the Monastery of the Saviour`s Transfiguration, to the left – the Church of St. John the Precursor with the belfry, lower – the semicircular inscription: «ПРЕДТЕЧЕНСКИЙ СКИТ» (The skete of St. John the Precursor), to the right – a belfry, a church and a tower, lower – the semicircular inscription «Скит всех святых» (The Skete of all Saints), at the top – a church with the bell tower, lower – the semicircular inscription: «Никольский скит» (The Skete Nicholas),at the bottom – a cross, lower – the semicircular inscription: «Скит Александра Свирского» (The Skete of Alexander the Svir). The inscriptions along the rim: at the top – «Спасо-Преображенский монастырь» (The Monastery of the Saviour`s transfiguration), at the bottom to the left – «Валаам» (Valaam), to the right – «Осн. в ХIV в.» (Founded in the ХIVth century).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
СПАСО-ПРЕОБРАЖЕНСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ
НИКОЛЬСКИЙ СКИТ
ПРЕДТЕЧЕНСКИЙ СКИТ
СКИТ ВСЕХ СВЯТЫХ
СКИТ АЛЕКСАНДРА СВИРСКОГО
ВАЛААМ
ОСН. В ХIV В. (Translation: The Monastery of the Saviour`s Transfiguration The Skete Nicholas The skete of St. John the Precursor The Skete of all Saints The Skete of Alexander the Svir Valaam Founded in)
Edge
252 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
