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 `2012 г.` (2012), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ
БАНК РОССИИ
• Au 999 • 2012 г. • 7,78 СПМД • (Translation: FIFTY ROUBLES BANK OF RUSSIA SPMD)
Reverse description
In the centre of the coin disc - the half-length portrait of a man in the armour holding the tooth - an ancient type of weapon, to the right - the inscription in two lines: `князь Рюрик` (prince Ryurik), on the broad stripe formed by the rim and a concentric circle line - the inscription going from the left to the down and to the right: `1150-ЛЕТИЕ ЗАРОЖДЕНИЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОСТИ` (1150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE RUSSIAN STATEHOOD), on the upper part of the stripe - ornaments of sinuous lines.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
князь
Рюрик
1150-ЛЕТИЕ ЗАРОЖДЕНИЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОСТИ (Translation: Prince Ryurik ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE RUSSIAN STATEHOOD)
Edge
134 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)