Description:
Obverse
In the centre – the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it – the semicircular inscription «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE RUBLES), below: to the left – indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre – the year of issue «2007 г.» (2007), to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Reverse
Below against the background of the starry sky – the globe, above it – the first Artificial Earth Satellite, to the right, from below upwards along the rim – the stylized image of the near-earth orbit of the Satellite drawn by matted line with the date on it «The 4th of October 1957»; to the left – the inscription along the rim in two lines: «ПЕРВЫЙ ИСКУССТВЕННЫЙ СПУТНИК ЗЕМЛИ» (THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITE).
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