Russia 25 Roubles, 2006

25 Roubles from Russia. Issued in 2006. Struck in Silver (.925). Measures 60 mm and weighs 169 g.

Obverse

In the centre – the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, 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 year of issue «2006», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark. (Twenty Five Roubles
Bank of Russia
SPMD)

Reverse

View of architectural ensemble of a monastery with a glassy reflection on the water-table. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top – «ТИХВИНСКИЙ БОГОРОДИЧНЫЙ УСПЕНСКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ» (THE TIKHVIN MONASTERY OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD), at the bottom – «ОСН. в XVI в. (FOUNDED in the XVIth century). (THE TIKHVIN MONASTERY OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
FOUNDED in)

Edge

252 corrugations