In the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin, 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 date `2000`, 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
Obverse lettering
ТРИ РУБЛЯ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Ag 900 • 2000 г. • 31,1 ММД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia MMD)
Reverse description
A space man being in the state of weightlessness in the open space, at the top to the left - the first artificial Earth satellite, lower - an atom model, at the bottom - a starting space ship, at the top to the right - the Mendeleyev Periodic System. The inscription at the bottom along the rim - `РОССИЯ НА РУБЕЖЕ ТЫСЯЧЕЛЕТИЙ` (RUSSIA ON THE THRESHOLD OF MILLENNIUMS).
Reverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Reverse lettering
РОССИЯ
НА РУБЕЖЕ ТЫСЯЧЕЛЕТИЙ (Translation: RUSSIA ON THE THRESHOLD OF MILLENNIUMS)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)