In the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia (double-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), underneath the left - indicate the metal sign and the fineness, in the centre - the mint trademark., right - the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim framed circle of dots: at the top - `25 roubles 1994` at the bottom - `BANK OF RUSSIA`.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
25 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.
Pd 999 ЛМД 31.1
БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: Roubles 1994 LMD Bank of Russia)
Reverse description
The sloop `Mirny`, to the right - a portrait of M.P. Lazarev, below - a map of the Antarctic, the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — `ПЕРВАЯ РУССКАЯ АНТАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 1819-1821` (THE FIRST RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1819-1821), at the bottom - `ШЛЮП `МИРНЫЙ` М.П. ЛАЗАРЕВ` (THE SLOOP `MIRNY` M. P. LAZAREV).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
`ПЕРВАЯ РУССКАЯ АНТАРКТИЧЕСКАЯ
ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 1819 -1821`
`ШЛЮП <МИРНЫЙ> М.П. ЛАЗАРЕВ` (Translation: THE FIRST RUSSIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION THE SLOOP `MIRNY` M. P. LAZAREV)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(ЛМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
