In the centre the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation (a two-headed spread eagle with wings up crowned with two small crowns and - over them - with a big one connected by a strip. The eagle holds a sceptre in his dexter talon and an orb in the sinister talon. Upon its breast on a shield - a knight in the cloak sitting on the horseback slaying a dragon toppled over and trampled by the horse); inscriptions - over the coat of arms in two lines: `РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ` (THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION), under the coat of arms in two lines - the denomination and the date, on bottom along the rim: to the left - the mint trade mark, in the centre - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, to the right - the fine metal content.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
РОССИЙСКАЯ
ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ
50 РУБЛЕЙ
2011 г.
СПМД Au 999 7,78 (Translation: Russian Federation Roubles SPMD)
Reverse description
The Leopard, one of Sochi olympic mascots.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
СОЧИ
2014 (Translation: Sochi)
Edge
148 corrugations
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date) (СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
Mintage
2011 ММД - mintage total for both mints - 300 000 2011 СПМД - -