Russia 25 Roubles, 1995

25 Roubles from Russia. Issued in 1995. Struck in Silver (.900). Measures 60 mm and weighs 173.29 g.

Obverse

In the centre — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I. Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the fine metal content and the mint trademark. The inscriptions along the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — «25 РУБЛЕЙ 1995 г.» (25 ROUBLES 1995), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA) (ROUBLES
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BANK OF RUSSIA)

Reverse

At the top - an aircraft with a map of the Arctic coast in the background, to the right - portraits of Valery Chkalov, Georgy Baidukov and Alexander Belyakov, in the centre - an icebreaker and a group of Polar explorers on an ice-floe (I.D. Papanin, Y.K. Fedorov, P.P. Shirshov and E.T. Krenkel). The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ РУССКОЙ АРКТИКИ" (EXPLORATION OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC), at the bottom - "СТАНЦИЯ "СЕВЕРНЫЙ ПОЛЮС" <1937> ТРАНСАРКТИЧЕСКИЙ ПЕРЕЛЕТ ЧКАЛОВА" (THE STATION NORTH POLE <1937> CHKALOV'S TRANS-ARCTIC FLIGHT). (EXPLORATION OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC&#13;THE STATION NORTH POLECHKALOV'S TRANS-ARCTIC FLIGHT)

Edge

252 corrugations