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 `2015 г.` (2015), to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
ТРИ РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 925 • 2015 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: THREE ROUBLES BANK OF RUSSIA SPMD)
Reverse description
In the centre on the mirror section of the disc – relief images of a polar bear with a cud, to the right of them below – image of a hippopotamus, on the matted zone along the rim at left and above – images of the entrance to the Zoo and its habitants: a monkey, an elephant, a giraffe, two birds, a moose, a tiger, to the right – contours of the Peter and Paul Church, to the left – the inscription in two lines: `150 ЛЕТ` (150 YEARS), below at the rim – the inscription in two lines: `ЛЕНИНГРАДСКИЙ ЗООПАРК` (THE LENINGRAD ZOO).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
150
ЛЕТ
ЛЕНИНГРАДСКИЙ
ЗООПАРК (Translation: YEARS THE LENINGRAD ZOO)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)