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
View of architectural ensemble of a monastery with a glassy reflection on the water-table. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top – «ТИХВИНСКИЙ БОГОРОДИЧНЫЙ УСПЕНСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ» (THE TIKHVIN MONASTERY OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD), at the bottom – «ОСН. в XVI в. (FOUNDED in the XVIth century).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ТИХВИНСКИЙ БОГОРОДИЧНЫЙ УСПЕНСКИЙ
МОНАСТЫРЬ
осн. в XVI в. (Translation: THE TIKHVIN MONASTERY OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD FOUNDED in)
Edge
252 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)