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

In the centre of panoramic picture of monuments of Konevsky Monastery of the St. Virgin’s Nativity – the Cathedral of the St. Virgin’s Nativity against the background of a stylised image of an island, at the bottom to the left – the Sviatogorsky Konevsky Skete with the semicircular inscription: «КОНЕВСКИЙ СКИТ» (THE KONEVSKY SKETE), to the right – a church and a belfry with the semicircular inscription: «КАЗАНСКИЙ СКИТ» (KAZANSKY SKETE), at the top – the image of a chapel on a boulder with the semicircular inscription: «КОНЬ-КАМЕНЬ» (HORSE STONE). The inscriptions along the rim: at the top – «КОНЕВСКИЙ РОЖДЕСТВО-БОГОРОДИЧНЫЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ» (THE KONEVSKY MONASTERY OF THE ST. VIRGIN’S NATIVITY), at the bottom – «о. КОНЕВЕЦ» (KONEVETS ISLAND). (THE KONEVSKY MONASTERY OF THE ST. VIRGIN’S NATIVITY
HORSE STONE
THE KONEVSKY SKETE
KAZANSKY SKETE
KONEVETS ISLAND)

Edge

252 corrugations