| Obverse description | Conjoined busts of Emperoros Alexander III, Alexander II, and Peter I right, within a wreath. |
| Obverse lettering | ВЪ
ПАМЯТЬ ОТКРЫТИЯ САНКТЪ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКАГО МОРСКАГО КАНАЛА * (Translation: In the memory of opening of the St. Petersburg Maritime Canal) |
| Obverse script | |
| Reverse description | Plan of St. Petersburg maritime canal, with city arms of Kronstadt and St. Petersburg above. |
| Reverse lettering | НАЧАТЫ РАБОТЫ * ОТКРЫТИЕ КАНАЛА
1878 85 (Translation: Work has begun * opening of the calal) |
| Reverse script | |
| Engraver | Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date) |
| Mintage | 1885 - R3 - |
| Catalog ID | 5051879470 |
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