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 — «1999», 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 • 1999 г. • 31,1 СПМД (Translation: Three Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
The picture of panorama of architectural monuments of the Yuryev Monastery in Novgorod, above which to the left — the date «XII век» (the XIIth century), to the right — a fragment of the iconostasis.The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ЮРЬЕВ МОНАСТЫРЬ» (YURYEV MONASTERY), at the bottom — «НОВГОРОД» (NOVGOROD).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ЮРЬЕВ МОНАСТЫРЬ
XII век.
НОВГОРОД (Translation: The Yuryev Monastery Novgorod)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)