Russia 2 Roubles, 2000

2 Roubles from Russia. Issued in 2000. 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 - "2000", 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 ROUBLES
BANK OF RUSSIA
SPMD)

Reverse

To the right -the portrait of E.A.Baratynsky in an oval frame with a vignette, to the left - the pictures of trees, small bridge with a column above a water body, a rotunda and the thunder - sky, at the bottom - the dates in two lines "1800" "1844", a rose, a candle in the candlestick, a manuscript sheet, a goose-quill in the ink pot, the inscription along the rim: "Е.А.БАРАТЫНСКИЙ" (E.A. BARATYNSKY). (E.A. BARATYNSKY)

Edge

195 corrugations