Russia 2 Roubles, 1998

2 Roubles from Russia. Issued in 1998. 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 — «1998», 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

A scene of the play «The Lower Depths» by M. Gorky, to the right — the drop-curtain with the Emblem of the Moscow Artistic Academic Theatre. At the bottom — inscriptions and dates in three lines: «М. ГОРЬКИЙ» «НА ДНЕ» (M .GORKY. «THE LOWER DEPTHS»), «1863», «1938», lower — the semicircular inscription: «К.С. СТАНИСЛАВСКИЙ» (K.S. STANISLAVSKY). (M .GORKY. «THE LOWER DEPTHS»
K.S. STANISLAVSKY)

Edge

195 corrugations