Russia 25 Roubles, 2000

25 Roubles from Russia. Issued in 2000. 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, lower - the semicircular inscription - "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA) framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ" (TWENTY FIVE ROUBLES), at the bottom - the date "2000", the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the alloy standard, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark. (Twenty Five Roubles
Bank of Russia
MMD)

Reverse

A scroll bearing the inscription in eight lines "ВЫСОЧАЙШИЙ ИМЕННОЙ УКАЗЪ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВУЮЩЕМУ СЕНАТУ 31 МАЯ 1860 ГОДА ОБЪ УСТАВЪ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА" (THE HIGHEST INSCRIBED UKASE TO THE GOVERNMENT SENATE MAY 31, 1860 CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF THE STATE BANK) to the right - a portrait of Alexander II, lower - the facsimile-signature of the Emperor, a quill-pen, a wax-seal with the picture of the two-headed eagle, to the left - the building of the State Bank in Saint-Petersburg. The inscription along the rim: "ДЛЯ ОЖИВЛЕНИЯ ТОРГОВЫХ ОБОРОТОВ И УПРОЧЕНИЯ ДЕНЕЖНОЙ КРЕДИТНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ" (FOR BRINGING LIFE TO TRADE OPERATIONS AND STRENGTHENING THE MONETARY CREDIT SYSTEM). (FOR BRINGING LIFE TO TRADE OPERATIONS AND STRENGTHENING THE MONETARY CREDIT SYSTEM
THE HIGHEST INSCRIBED UKASE TO THE GOVERNMENT SENATE MAYCONCERNING THE STATUTE OF THE STATE BANK)

Edge

252 corrugations