The obverse of the coin features a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and the inscriptions ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) and ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 ROUBLES), the year of issue ‘2023 г.’ (2023), the chemical symbol of the metal according to Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Elements, fineness, the Saint Petersburg Mint trademark, and fine metal content.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
Ag 925 31,1
СПМД
БАНК РОССИИ
3 РУБЛЯ
2023 г. (Translation: Russian Federation SPMD Bank of Russia Roubles)
Reverse description
The reverse of the coin features relief an image of a portrait of Valentina Tereshkova in a spacesuit and a stylised image of a gull, both designed in relief, against the background of images of the Earth, the starry sky and abstract lines symbolising a space flight, laser treated for matte finishing; and the relief inscriptions ‘16—19 июня 1963 г.’ (16–19 June 1963) under the portrait, with a decorative line underneath, and ‘60-ЛЕТИЕ ПЕРВОГО ПОЛЕТА В КОСМОС ЖЕНЩИНЫ-КОСМОНАВТА’ (THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SPACE FLIGHT OF A FEMALE COSMONAUT) on the left around the lower circumference.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
16—19 июня 1963 г.
60-ЛЕТИЕ ПЕРВОГО ПОЛЕТА В КОСМОС ЖЕНЩИНЫ-КОСМОНАВТА (Translation: June ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SPACE FLIGHT OF A FEMALE COSMONAUT)
Edge
300 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)