Russia 2 Roubles, 1999

2 Roubles from Russia. Issued in 1999. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 33 mm and weighs 17 g.

Obverse

In the centre — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin, lower — the semicircular inscription — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA) framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ДВА РУБЛЯ» (TWO ROUBLES), at the bottom — «1999», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right — the fine metal content and the mint trade mark. (Two Rouble
Bank of Russia
SPMD)

Reverse

The fragment of the N.K.Rerikh`s painting with its title at the bottom in two lines: «ДЕЛА ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКИЕ» (THE HUMAN ACTS), at the top to the right — the portrait of the painter, under it — the inscription in two lines: «НИКОЛАЙ РЕРИХ (NIKOLAI RERIKH), to the right from the portrait — the dates in two lines «1874» «1947». (NIKOLAI RERIKH
THE HUMAN ACTS)

Edge

195 corrugations