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 bottom - 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 900 • 2002 г. • 7,78 СПМД • (Translation: Fifty Roubles Bank of Russia SPMD)
Reverse description
In the centre - a woman figure skater, to the left -the date `2002`, at the bottom - a floating eagle. The inscription along the rim: `XIX ЗИМНИЕ ОЛИМПИЙСКИЕ ИГРЫ СОЛТ-ЛЕЙК-СИТИ` (THE XIXth WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES SALT LAKE CITY).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
XIX ЗИМНИЕ ОЛИМПИЙСКИЕ ИГРЫ
СОЛТ-ЛЕЙК-СИТИ
2002 (Translation: Winter Olympic Games Salt Lake City)
Edge
200 corrugations
Mint
(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)