In the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, 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 botiom - the year of issue `2002`, 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 999 • 2002 г. • 7,78 ММД • (Translation: Fifty Roubles Bank of Russia MMD)
Reverse description
In the centre - the Dionissy`s icon `The St. Virgin Odygitriya` (painted in 1502) from the iconostasis of the Church of the St. Virgin Nativity of the St. Ferapont Monastery (kept today in the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg), lower- the inscription `ДИОНИСИЙ` (DIONISSY), to the left - the miniature of the XVIth century from the `Personal Annalistic Code`: `Ioann III and Sophia Paleolog Celebrating their Wedding`, to the right - the Seal of Ioann III.
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ДИОНИСИЙ (Translation: Dionissy)
Edge
134 corrugations
Mint
(ММД) Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russia (?-date)