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 left - the portrait of M.I.Chigorin, under it - the inscription made on a ribbon: "М.И.ЧИГОРИН" (M.I.CHIGORIN), to the right - a chess-board with chess-men on it, lower - the dates in two lines "1850" "1908". (M.I.CHIGORIN)

Edge

195 corrugations