The obverse of the coin features a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and the inscriptions ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) and ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 ROUBLES), the year of issue ‘2023 г.’ (2023), the chemical symbol of the metal according to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Elements, fineness, the Saint Petersburg Mint trademark, and fine metal content.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
Ag 925 31,1
СПМД
БАНК РОССИИ
3 РУБЛЯ
2023 г. (Translation: Russian Federation SPMD Bank of Russia Roubles)
Reverse description
The reverse of the coin features relief images of the portraits of triple Heroes of Socialist Labour academicians Anatoly P. Alexandrov and Igor V. Kurchatov, the Hammer and Sickle gold medals and the symbol of an atom; a coloured image of the emblem of the NRC Kurchatov Institute below; and the relief inscriptions around the circumference ‘А.П. АЛЕКСАНДРОВ’ (A.P. ALEXANDROV) on the left, ‘И.В. КУРЧАТОВ’ (I.V. KURCHATOV) on the right, and ‘80 ЛЕТ НИЦ ‘КУРЧАТОВСКИЙ ИНСТИТУТ’ (THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NRC KURCHATOV INSTITUTE) below.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
А.П. АЛЕКСАНДРОВ
И.В. КУРЧАТОВ
80 ЛЕТ НИЦ ‘КУРЧАТОВСКИЙ ИНСТИТУТ (Translation: A.P. ALEXANDROV I.V. KURCHATOV THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NRC KURCHATOV INSTITUTE)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)