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3 Roubles A. S. Pushkin in Mikhailovskoye

Issuer Bank of Russia
Year 1999
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Value 3 Roubles
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Obverse description At centre, the State Emblem of the Bank of Russia features the double-headed eagle after the design of Ivan Bilibin, positioned within a circle of dots. A semicircular inscription «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA) curves below the eagle. The upper rim bears the denomination legend «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE ROUBLES) and the date «1999» appears at the lower rim. To the left of the eagle, the metal designation and fineness «Ag 900» are inscribed, while the fine metal content «31,1» and the Moscow Mint monogram «ММД» appear to the right.
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Obverse lettering ТРИ РУБЛЯ БАНК РОССИИ • Ag 900 • 1999 г. • 31,1 ММД •
(Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia MMD)
Reverse description A richly detailed high-relief composition depicts the poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin standing at centre, holding a writing book and a goose-quill pen. In the right field, characters from his literary works are represented, including figures identified with «The Negro of Peter the Great» and «Boris Godunov», accompanied by two feminine profiles drawn in the style of Pushkin's own manuscript sketches and the contours of window arches and church cupolas. In the left field, the celebrated «Onegin's bench» from Trigorskoye and a horseman in Pushkin's sketching style are depicted, with a manuscript page rendered in the lower field. At the bottom rim, the Cyrillic inscription «АЛЕКСАНДР ПУШКИН» flanks the birth and death dates «1799» and «1837».
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