In the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin, 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 date `2000`, the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the alloy standard, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 900 • 2000 г. • 155,5 ММД • (Translation: Twenty Five Roubles Bank of Russia MMD)
Reverse description
A scroll bearing the inscription in eight lines `ВЫСОЧАЙШИЙ ИМЕННОЙ УКАЗЪ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВУЮЩЕМУ СЕНАТУ 31 МАЯ 1860 ГОДА ОБЪ УСТАВЪ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА` (THE HIGHEST INSCRIBED UKASE TO THE GOVERNMENT SENATE MAY 31, 1860 CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF THE STATE BANK) to the right - a portrait of Alexander II, lower - the facsimile-signature of the Emperor, a quill-pen, a wax-seal with the picture of the two-headed eagle, to the left - the building of the State Bank in Saint-Petersburg. The inscription along the rim: `ДЛЯ ОЖИВЛЕНИЯ ТОРГОВЫХ ОБОРОТОВ И УПРОЧЕНИЯ ДЕНЕЖНОЙ КРЕДИТНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ` (FOR BRINGING LIFE TO TRADE OPERATIONS AND STRENGTHENING THE MONETARY CREDIT SYSTEM).
Reverse script
Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
ДЛЯ ОЖИВЛЕНИЯ ТОРГОВЫХ ОБОРОТОВ И
УПРОЧЕНИЯ ДЕНЕЖНОЙ КРЕДИТНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ
Высочайшiй
Именной Указъ
Правительствеующему
Сенату
31 мая 1860 года
объ уставѣ
Государственнаго
Банка. (Translation: FOR BRINGING LIFE TO TRADE OPERATIONS AND STRENGTHENING THE MONETARY CREDIT SYSTEM THE HIGHEST INSCRIBED UKASE TO THE GOVERNMENT SENATE MAY CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF THE STATE BANK)
Edge
252 corrugations
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)