In the centre – the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower – the semicircular inscription – «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top – «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE ROUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2004», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
ТРИ РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 900 • 2004 г. • 31,1 ММД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia MMD)
Reverse description
The view of architectural ensemble of the Epiphany Cathedral, the inscriptions to the right in two lines: «ОСН. в 1792 г.» (FOUNDED in 1792), lower – «МОСКВА» (MOSCOW), the inscription at the top along the rim: «БОГОЯВЛЕНСКИЙ СОБОР» (THE EPIPHANY CATHEDRAL).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
БОГОЯВЛЕНСКИЙ СОБОР
ОСН.
в 1792 г.
МОСКВА (Translation: THE EPIPHANY CATHEDRAL FOUNDED in MOSCOW)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)