My Collection
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
Grivennik - Ivan VI
Country: Russia - Empire
(Russia) / Denomination: 10 Kopecks = 1 Grivennik = 1/10 Ruble
(0.10)
Year: 1741 / Material: Silver (.750)
Jefimok Rouble - Alexey Mikhailovich (Countermarked over "Gelderland Lion Daalder")
Country: Russia - Empire
(Russia) / Denomination: Jefimok Rouble
(1)
Year: 1655 / Material: Silver
Polushka - Ekaterina II (КМ)
Country: Russia - Empire
(Russia) / Denomination: Polushka = 1/2 Denga = 1/4 Kopeck = 1/400 Ruble
(0.0025)
Year: 1783-1795 / Material: Copper
3 Rubles (The Millennium of Founding the City of Kazan)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 3 Rubles
3 RUB = 0.048 USD
Year: 2005 / Material: Silver (.925)
Grivna - Ekaterina I (Plate money; Novodel)
Country: Russia - Empire
(Russia) / Denomination: Grivna = 10 Kopecks = 1/10 Ruble
(0.1)
Year: 1726 / Material: Copper
25 Rubles (The Museum-Treasury Armoury Chamber)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 25 Rubles
25 RUB = 0.40 USD
Year: 2016 / Material: Silver (.925)
Polupoltinnik - Pyotr I
Country: Russia - Empire
(Russia) / Denomination: Polupoltinnik = 25 Kopecks = 1/4 Ruble
(0.25)
Year: 1703-1705 / Material: Silver (.833)
2 Rubles - Ekaterina II (Novodel)
Country: Russia - Empire
(Russia) / Denomination: 2 Rubles
(2)
Year: 1766 / Material: Gold (.917)
3 Rubles (The Swan Lake)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 3 Rubles
(3 RUR)
Year: 1997 / Material: Silver (.900)
1 Ruble (The 10th Anniversary of the Commonwealth of Independent States)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 1 Ruble
1 RUB = 0.016 USD
Year: 2001 / Material: Copper-nickel-zinc