Description:

Obverse

Silver (.900), Gold (.900).

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 «2006», 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

In the lower part of the silver disc – a gold rectangular insert featuring the facade of the main building of the Tretyakov Gallery, at the bottom on the nsert – the indications: to the left – the metal sign and the fineness «Au 900», to the right – the fine metal content: «4,66»; in the middle and upper parts of the disc – painting fragmens framed by the «proof» line: to the left – «Misalliance» painted by V.V. Pukirev, above it – the icon «Our Lady of Vladimir» (beginning of the XIIth century), to the right – «Lacemaker» (the artist V.A. Tropinin), at the top – «The Bogatyrs» (Knights) painted by V.M. Vasnetsov. The inscription at the bottom along the rim – «ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ТРЕТЬЯКОВСКАЯ ГАЛЕРЕЯ» (THE STATE TRETYAKOV GALLERY).