On the mirror field of the disc – the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it – the semicircular inscription along the rim: `РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ` (RUSSIAN FEDERATION), framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms: to the left – indications of the precious metal and its fineness, to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark, on bottom in the centre, in three lines – the inscription: `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin: `3 РУБЛЯ` (3 ROUBLES), the year.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
Ag 925 31,1
СПМД
БАНК РОССИИ
3 РУБЛЯ
2016 г. (Translation: Russian Federation SPMD Bank of Russia Roubles)
Reverse description
The relief images of the first chairman of the Russian historical society P.A. Vyazemsky against a background of the Novo-Mikhailovsky palace in Saint Petersburg and a scroll. There are inscriptions along the circumference: РУССКОЕ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО ОСН. В 1866 г. (RUSSIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED IN 1866) on top, П А. ВЯЗЕМСКИЙ (P.A. VYAZEMSKY) at the bottom.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
РУССКОЕ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО ОСН. В
1866 г.
П А. ВЯЗЕМСКИЙ (Translation: RUSSIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED IN P.A. VYAZEMSKY)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)