The two-headed eagle designed by artist I. Bilibin, the inscriptions along the rim, separated by an ornament: at the top - `ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ` (FIVE ROUBLES), at the bottom - `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Obverse lettering
ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: FIVE ROUBLES BANK OF RUSSIA)
Reverse description
The picture of the sailing-ship `ТОВАРИЩ` (`TOVARISHCH`), the inscriptions along the rim: at the top on a ribbon - `300-ЛЕТИЕ РОССИЙСКОГО ФЛОТА` (THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET), at the bottom - `ПАРУСНОЕ СУДНО `ТОВАРИЩ` (THE SAILING-SHIP `TOVARISHCH`), to the left - the mint trademark, to the right - the date `1996`.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
300-ЛЕТИЕ РОССИЙСКОГО ФЛОТА
ПАРУСНОЕ СУДНО <ТОВАРИЩ> ЛМД 1996г. (Translation: ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET THE SAILING-SHIP `TOVARISHCH` LMD)
Edge
Smooth
Mint
(ЛМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
