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: "ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ" (TWENTY FIVE RUBLES), below: to the left – indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre – the year of issue "2015 г." (2015), to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Reverse
In the foreground – the sculpture "Pieta" in the Saint Peter Cathedral in Rome, behind it to the right – the building of the Saint Peter Cathedral, to the left in an oval – the fragment of portrait of Michelangelo by D. da Volterra, in the background – colored fragments of frescos of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican "The Delphic Sybil" and "Prophet Jeremiah", along the rim above and to the right – the inscription: "ТВОРЕНИЯ МИКЕЛАНДЖЕЛО БУОНАРРОТИ" (CREATIVE WORKS OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI).
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