100th Anniversary of the Birth of S.N. Rerikh

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

22.10.2004

Catalogue number

5110-0057

Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

22.10.2004

Catalogue number

5110-0057

Denomination

2 rubles

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 925/1000

Total weight, g

17.00 (±0.18)

Fine metal content not less than, g

15.55

Diameter, mm

33.00 (±0.20)

Thickness, mm

2.40 (±0.20)

Mintage, pcs

8,000

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 – «ДВА РУБЛЯ «(TWO 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

a portrait of S.N. Rerikh, under it – the facsimile signature of the artist «СВЯТОСЛАВ РЕРИХ» (SVIYATOSLAV RERIKH) and the dates in two lines «1904» «1993», in the background – a range of alps.

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptors: A.I. Molostov.
Moscow Mint (МMД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.

Sviyatoslav Nikolayevich Rerikh (b. 23.10.1904– d. 30.01.1993) – Russian painter, Honorary Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1978) who lived in India andpainted portraits (N.K.Rerikh, 1934), landscapes, symbolic compositions (A Snake Magician).

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