In the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: `ТРИ РУБЛЯ` (THREE ROUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue `2010 г.` (2010), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
ТРИ РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 925 • 2010 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
To the left - the portrait of А.P. Chekhov, over it - a drop-certain with the stylized image of the gull, to the right in the interior of a room - images of a standing girl and sitting man, behind them on the wall - a shotgun, lower - dates in two lines: `1860` and `1904`, below on the matted field of a paper sheet - the facsimile signature of the writer: `А. ЧЕХОВ` (A.CHEKHOV).
Reverse script
Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
А.
Чехов (Translation: А. Chekhov)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)