He two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ДВА РУБЛЯ 1994 г.» (TWO ROUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Obverse script
Cyrillic, Latin
Obverse lettering
ДВА РУБЛЯ 1994г.
Ag 500 ЛМД 7.78
БАНК РОССИИ (Translation: TWO ROUBLES LMD BANK OF RUSSIA)
Reverse description
A portrait of I.A. Krylov, below from the left to the right - some characters from his fables: a monkey with a pair of glasses, a cockerel, a bear with a double-bass, a fox and a grapevine. To the right - two dates in two lines `1769` and `1844`, the inscription along the rim at the top: `ИВАН АНДРЕЕВИЧ КРЫЛОВ` (IVAN ANDREYEVICH KRYLOV).
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse lettering
ИВАН АНДРЕЕВИЧ КРЫЛОВ
1769
1844 (Translation: IVAN ANDREYEVICH KRYLOV)
Edge
195 corrugations
Mint
(ЛМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
