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 «2005», 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 925 • 2005 г. • 31,1 СПМД • (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
View of the Virgin Monastery of Raifa, lower – the inscription in two lines: «ОСН. в XVII в. ТАТАРСТАН» (FOUNDED in the XVIIth century TATARSTAN). The inscription along the rim – «РАИФСКИЙ БОГОРОДИЦКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ» (THE VIRGIN MONASTERY OF RAIFA).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
РАИФСКИЙ БОГОРОДИЦКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ
ОСН. в XVII в.
ТАТАРСТАН (Translation: THE VIRGIN MONASTERY OF RAIFA FOUNDED in TATARSTAN)
Edge
300 Corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)