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 `2002`, 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 • 2002 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
The view of the architectural monuments of the Saint John Nunnery in St. Petersburg, to the right in an oval - a portrait of John of Kronstadt, the Archpriest, `the people`s Saint`. The inscriptions at the top along the rim in two lines: · `СВЯТО-ИОАННОВСКИЙ ЖЕНСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ` · `САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ` (The Saint John nunnery * Saint Petersburg).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
• СВЯТО-ИОАННОВСКИЙ ЖЕНСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ
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САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ (Translation: The Saint John nunnery Saint Petersburg)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)