In the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription `БАНК РОССИИ` (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: `ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ` (FIFTY ROUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue `2010 г.` (2010), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Au 999 • 2010 г. • 7,78 СПМД • (Translation: Fifty Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
In the centre of the disc - the portrait of A.P. Chekhov and dates in two lines: `1860` and `1904`, around the portrait - inscriptions indicating titles of magazines - to the left: `ОСКОЛКИ` (OSKOLKY), above: `БУДИЛЬНИК` (BUDILNIK), to the right: `СТРЕКОЗА` (STREKOSA), below on the matted field of the paper sheet - facsimile signature of the writer: `А. ЧЕХОВ` (A. CHEKHOV).
Reverse script
Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering
ОСКОЛКИ
БУДИЛЬНИК
СТРЕКОЗА
1860
1904
А. Чехов (Translation: OSKOLKY BUDILNIK STREKOSA A. Chekhov)
Edge
134 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)