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.
Related Coins
200 Rubles (Historical and Architectural Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 200 Rubles
200 RUB = 3.18 USD
Year: 2016 / Material: Silver (.925)
1 Ruble (Dolgorukij Monument)
Country: Soviet Union (USSR)
(Russia) / Denomination: 1 Ruble
(1 SUR)
Year: 1980 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
1 Ruble (Emergency Ministry of Russia)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 1 Ruble
1 RUB = 0.016 USD
Year: 2015 / Material: Silver (.925)
50 Rubles (The 450th Anniversary of the Voluntary Entering of Udmurtiya into the Russian State)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 50 Rubles
50 RUB = 0.80 USD
Year: 2008 / Material: Gold (.999)
1 Ruble (Moscow University)
Country: Soviet Union (USSR)
(Russia) / Denomination: 1 Ruble
(1 SUR)
Year: 1979 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc
5 Rubles (Warsaw)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 5 Rubles
5 RUB = 0.08 USD
Year: 2016 / Material: Nickel plated Steel
100 Rubles (Friendship Sport Hall)
Country: Soviet Union (USSR)
(Russia) / Denomination: 100 Rubles
(100 SUR)
Year: 1979 / Material: Gold (.900)
3 Rubles (2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi - Double-Event)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 3 Rubles
3 RUB = 0.048 USD
Year: 2014 / Material: Silver (.925)
10 Rubles (Moscow)
Country: Soviet Union (USSR)
(Russia) / Denomination: 10 Rubles
(10 SUR)
Year: 1977 / Material: Silver (.900)
2 Rubles (150th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Gilyarovsky)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 2 Rubles
2 RUB = 0.032 USD
Year: 2003 / Material: Silver (.925)