25 Rubles (V.P. Chkalov) Coin

25 Rubles (V.P. Chkalov)

Country: Russia
Denomination: 25 Rubles (25 RUR)
Year: 1995
Material: Silver (.900)
Weight: 173.29 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 60.00 mm
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: russia

Description:

Obverse

In the center — 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 RUBLES 1995), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (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).

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