In the centre the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation (a two-headed spread eagle with wings up crowned with two small crowns and - over them - with a big one connected by a strip. The eagle holds a sceptre in his dexter talon and an orb in the sinister talon. Upon its breast on a shield - a knight in the cloak sitting on the horseback slaying a dragon toppled over and trampled by the horse); inscriptions - over the coat of arms in two lines: `РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ` (THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION), under the coat of arms in two lines - the denomination: `3 РУБЛЯ` (3 ROUBLES) and the date: `2011 г.` (2011), on bottom along the rim: to the left - the mint trade mark, in the centre - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, to the right - the fine metal content.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
РОССИЙСКАЯ
ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
3 РУБЛЯ
2012г.
СПМД Ag 999 31,1 (Translation: Russian Federation Rubles SPMD)
Reverse description
Bear, one of Sochi Olympics mascots.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
СОЧИ
2014 (Translation: Sochi)
Edge
256 corrugations
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date) (СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
Mintage
2012 ММД - - 2012 СПМД - mintage total for both mints - 300 000