In the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: `ТРИ РУБЛЯ` (THREE ROUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue `2011 г.` (2011), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
ТРИ РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 925 • 2011 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
On the matted disc of the coin - the relief image of a desert, in the background to the left - ruins of buildings, in the foreground to the right - the figure of a walking camel with a rider, drawn by counter lines and mirror sections of the coin field, the head and the fore-part of the body of another camel, through the figure of the first camel there is visible the building of a mosque depicted in the background; on the left part of the disc below - inscription in three lines stylized to the cursive one: `ВЕЛИКИЙ ШЕЛКОВЫЙ ПУТЬ` (THE GREAT SILK WAY), to the left above at the rim - the emblem of the Eurasian Economic Community.
Reverse script
Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
Великий
Шелковый
Путь (Translation: The Great Silk Way)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)