The Amur Forest Cat
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 – «ОДИН РУБЛЬ» (ONE RUBLE), 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 relief picture of a forest cat lying on a tree twig. The inscription along the rim: «АМУРСКИЙ ЛЕСНОЙ КОТ» (THE AMUR FOREST CAT).
Authors
The artiat: A.S. Kunats.
The Sculptor: E.I. Novikova.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.
The Amur forest cat (Felis euptilura) inhabits the forest zone of the Primorsky area, the southern districts of Khabarovsk area and Amur region and is protected by the State.