Obverse description	In the centre — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the fine metal content and the mint trademark. The inscriptions along the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — «25 РУБЛЕЙ 1995 г.» (25 ROUBLES 1995), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA)
Obverse script	Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering	25 РУБЛЕЙ 1995 г. Ag 900 ММД 155.5 БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: ROUBLES MMD BANK OF RUSSIA)
Reverse description	At the top - an aircraft with a map of the Arctic coast in the background, to the right - portraits of Valery Chkalov, Georgy Baidukov and Alexander Belyakov, in the centre - an icebreaker and a group of Polar explorers on an ice-floe (I.D. Papanin, Y.K. Fedorov, P.P. Shirshov and E.T. Krenkel). The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ РУССКОЙ АРКТИКИ` (EXPLORATION OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC), at the bottom - `СТАНЦИЯ `СЕВЕРНЫЙ ПОЛЮС` <1937> ТРАНСАРКТИЧЕСКИЙ ПЕРЕЛЕТ ЧКАЛОВА` (THE STATION NORTH POLE <1937> CHKALOV`S TRANS-ARCTIC FLIGHT).
Reverse script	Cyrillic
Reverse lettering	ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ РУССКОЙ АРКТИКИ СТАНЦИЯ. СЕВЕРНЫЙ ПОЛЮС <1937> ТРАНСАРКТИЧЕСКИЙ ПЕРЕЛЁТ ЧКАЛОВА (Translation: EXPLORATION OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC THE STATION NORTH POLE CHKALOV`S TRANS-ARCTIC FLIGHT)
Edge	252 corrugations
Mint	(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)
Mintage	1995 ММД - Proof - 5 000
Catalog ID	1425882630
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