Description:

Obverse

Silver (.900) with Gold (.900) inlay.

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 – «ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ» (TWENTY FIVE RUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2004», 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

The inscription along the rim: «300-ЛЕТИЕ ДЕНЕЖНОЙ РЕФОРМЫ ПЕТРА ПЕРВОГО» (300TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MONETARY REFORMOF PETER THE FIRST), at the bottom – a monogram compiled of the Latin letter «P» repeated in the glassy reflection. In the centre of the disc, on the matted silver surface – a non-through gold insert reproducingthe relief images of the Ruble of the 1704 year of issue: to the left, on its reverse – a portrait of Peter I in profile, the indication of the metal sign, the fineness: «Au 900» and the fine metal content: «4,66», the inscriptionalong the rim: «Ц(А)РЬ ПЕТР АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ ПОВЕЛИТЕЛЬ» [TS(A)R PETER ALEXEYEVICH SOVEREIGN OF ALL RUSSIA]; to the right,on its obverse – the two-headed eagle with Scepter and Power, higher – the Great Crown, the inscription along the rim: «МАНЕТА ДОБРАЯ ЦЕНА РУБЛЬ» (GENUINE COIN OF ONE RUBLE DENOMINATION).