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 `2003`, 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 • 2003 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
The view of the monuments of the Saint Trinity Seraphim-Diveyevsky Monastery, above it to the left in an oval - a picture of the Saint Seraphim the Sarovsky in his life time. The inscription at the top along the rim:`СВЯТО-ТРОИЦКИЙ СЕРАФИМО-ДИВЕЕВСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ` (THE SAINT TRINITY SERAPHIM-DIVEYEVSKY MONASTERY), at the bottom - the dates `XVIII - XX вв.` (XVIIIth - XXth centuries).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
СВЯТО-ТРОИЦКИЙ СЕРАФИМО-ДИВЕЕВСКИЙ
МОНАСТЫРЬ
XVIII - XX вв. (Translation: THE SAINT TRINITY SERAPHIM-DIVEYEVSKY MONASTERY)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)