Obverse description	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: `ДВА РУБЛЯ` (TWO 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	ДВА РУБЛЯ БАНК РОССИИ • Ag 925 • 2012 г. • 15,55 СПМД (Translation: TWO ROUBLES BANK OF RUSSIA SPMD)
Reverse description	In the central part of the disc in the foreground - the relief portrait of I.A. Goncharov holding in the right hand a sheet of paper with dates `1812-1891` on it, in the background to the right - the picture of an young man lying on a divan, to the left - park trees and pavilion with columns on the bank of a pond, in the bottom part of the disc - the facsimile of the writer.
Reverse script	Cyrillic (cursive)
Reverse lettering	И А Гончаров 1812 1891 (Translation: I.A. Goncharov)
Edge	195 corrugations
Mint	(СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
Mintage	2012 СПМД - Proof - 5 000
Catalog ID	6801508640
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