The mirror field of the disc bears a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim there is the semicircular inscription ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms there are indications of the precious metal and its fineness on the left and the fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, there is an inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘25 РУБЛЕЙ’ (25 ROUBLES), and the year of issue ‘2021 г.’ (2021).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
Ag 925 155,5
СПМД
БАНК РОССИИ
25 РУБЛЕЙ
2021 г. (Translation: Russian Federation SPMD The Bank of Russia Roubles)
Reverse description
The mirror field of the disc features a relief image of Yury Nikulin’s portrait surrounded by the actor’s images: on the left, from movies and TV shows against the background of a stylised film strip; on the right, from a circus play; at the top, a relief image of the logo of Nikulin Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard; at the bottom, a coloured inscription ‘Юрий Никулин’ (Yury Nikulin) and his life years: ‘1921–1997’.
Reverse script
Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
ЮРИЙ НИКУЛИН
1921-1997 (Translation: Yury Nikulin)
Edge
252 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)