In the centre — the two-headed eagle with wings down, above — the semicircular inscription — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA), under the eagle — the face value underscored by a horizontal line divided by a dot in the middle, at the bottom — the year of issue, to the right — the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
БАНК РОССИИ
СПМД
ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ
1998 (Translation: Bank of Russia SPMD Five Roubles)
Reverse description
Value at left of vine sprig.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
5
РУБЛЕЙ (Translation: Roubles)
Edge
12 sections each plain and reeded
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date) (СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
Mintage
1997 ММД - Moscow Mint - 1997 СПМД - St. Petersburg Mint - 1998 ММД - Moscow Mint - 1998 СПМД - St. Petersburg Mint - 1999 СПМД - St. Petersburg Mint -