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 mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — «3 РУБЛЯ 1995 г.» (3 ROUBLES 1995), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
3 РУБЛЯ 1995г.
Ag 900 ЛМД 31,1
БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: ROUBLES LMD BANK OF RUSSIA)
Reverse description
At the top to the left - portraits of the Russian Arctic explorers, participants in the Great Northern Expedition: Stepan Malygin, Dmitri Ovtsyn, Semyon Chelyuskin and Khariton and Dmitri Laptev, in the centre to the right - the wooden coast-dweller sailing-rowing vessel, to the left - a dog-gear with travellers, below - a map of the Siberian coast, to the right - two dates in two lines `1733-1743 гг.`. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ РУССКОЙ АРКТИКИ` (EXPLORATION OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC), at the bottom - `ВЕЛИКАЯ СЕВЕРНАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ` (THE GREAT NORTHERN EXPEDITION).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ РУССКОЙ АРКТИКИ
1733-1743 гг.
МАЛЫГИН ОВЦЫН ЧЕЛЮСКИН Х. И Д. ЛАПТЕВЫ
ВЕЛИКАЯ СЕВЕРНАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ (Translation: EXPLORATION OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC THE GREAT NORTHERN EXPEDITION)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(ЛМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
