The mirror field of the disc bears a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim there is the semicircular inscription `РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ` (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms there are indications of the precious metal and its fineness on the left and the fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, there is an inscription `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin `3 РУБЛЯ` (3 ROUBLES), and the year of issue `2020 г.` (2020).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
Ag 925 31,1
СПМД
БАНК РОССИИ
3 РУБЛЯ
2020 г. (Translation: Russian Federation SPMD Bank of Russia Roubles)
Reverse description
The relief images of sailing sloops and, at the bottom, a guiding star; a contour image of Antarctica and two penguins, laser treated for a matte finish, is located in the upper right part of the coin; the coloured finish imitates the aurora borealis; the inscription along the rim reads ‘200-ЛЕТИЕ ОТКРЫТИЯ АНТАРКТИДЫ’ (200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
200-ЛЕТИЕ ОТКРЫТИЯ АНТАРКТИДЫ (Translation: anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)