Description:
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 - "ДВА РУБЛЯ" (TWO RUBLES), at the bottom - the year of issue "2003", the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Reverse
A portrait of V.A. Gilyarovsky, lower - the facsimile signature of the writer "ВЛ. ГИЛЯРОВСКИЙ" (VL. GILYAROVSKY), the dates in two lines "1853-1935" and a pen, along the rim - pictures featuring five miniature figures of people and a horse, in the background to the left - some newspaper's pages, to the right - outlines of the old Moscow: the Sukharev Tower and a temple.
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