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 - "ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ" (FIFTY 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 ski-race biathloner, at the bottom to the left - the date "2003", the inscription to the right in two lines - "ХАНТЫ-МАНСИЙСК" (KHANTY-MANSIYSK), higher - stylised pictures of a northern pattern and a hunter running ski, the inscription along the rim: "ЧЕМПИОНАТ МИРА ПО БИАТЛОНУ" (WORLD BIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP).
Related Coins
100 Rubles (The Nutcracker)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 100 Rubles
(100 RUR)
Year: 1996 / Material: Silver (.900)
100 Rubles (Amur Tiger)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 100 Rubles
(100 RUR)
Year: 1996 / Material: Silver (.900)
1 Ruble (Taras Shevchenko)
Country: Soviet Union (USSR)
(Russia) / Denomination: 1 Ruble
(1 SUR)
Year: 1989 / Material: Copper-nickel
3 Rubles (The Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin (XVIth century))
Country: Russia / Denomination: 3 Rubles
3 RUB = 0.048 USD
Year: 2000 / Material: Silver (.900)
1 Ruble (Broad Jumping)
Country: Soviet Union (USSR)
(Russia) / Denomination: 1 Ruble
(1 SUR)
Year: 1991 / Material: Copper-nickel
Ruble - Elizaveta
Country: Russia - Empire
(Russia) / Denomination: 1 Ruble
(1)
Year: 1757-1761 / Material: Silver (.802)
3 Rubles (The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 3 Rubles
(3 RUR)
Year: 1996 / Material: Silver (.900)
½ Kopeck Serebrom - Nikolai I (Warsaw mint)
Country: Russia - Empire
(Russia) / Denomination: ½ Kopeck Serebrom
(0.005)
Year: 1848 / Material: Copper
3 Rubles (The Holy Trinity Church, Saint Petersburg)
Country: Russia / Denomination: 3 Rubles
3 RUB = 0.048 USD
Year: 2010 / Material: Silver (.925)
1 Ruble (Vladimir Lenin)
Country: Soviet Union (USSR)
(Russia) / Denomination: 1 Ruble
(1 SUR)
Year: 1985-1988 / Material: Copper-nickel






















