In the center - 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 - `ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ` (FIFTY ROUBLES), at the bottom - the date `2000`, 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
ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Au 900 • 2000 г. • 7,78 ММД • (Translation: Fifty Roubles Bank of Russia MMD)
Reverse description
A runner with a torch in the hand, to the left - the figure `2000`, in the background - outlines of the Australian continent. At the top - the inscription in three lines: `XXVII ЛЕТНИЕ ОЛИМПИЙСКИЕ ИГРЫ` (THE XXVIIth SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES), at the bottom - a kangaroo and the inscription: `СИДНЕЙ` (SYDNEY) divided by a horizontal line.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
XXVII
ЛЕТНИЕ
ОЛИМПИЙСКИЕ ИГРЫ
2000
СИДНЕЙ (Translation: Summer Olympic Games Sydney)
Edge
200 corrugations
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)