Physicist I.M. Frank - the 100th Birthday. (23.10.1908 г.)

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

01.10.2008

Catalogue number

5110-0089

Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

01.10.2008

Catalogue number

5110-0089

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

5,000

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: "ДВА РУБЛЯ" (TWO RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2008 г." (2008), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

to the left - the portrait of the scientist, to the right - the graphic model of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation, inscriptions along the rim, above: "И.М. ФРАНК" (I.M. Frank), below - dates: "1908-1968".

Authors

The artist: A.D. Schablykin.
The sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova.
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.

Ilya Mikhaylovich Frank (1908-1990) - physicist, laureate of the Nobel price (1958) for the discovery and interpretation of Vavilov-Cherenkov effect. His main works are in the field of theoretic and experimental research of physical characteristics of plasma, astrophysics, radiowaves and acceleration of particles. Under guidance of Frank the impulsive speedy neutron reactor was built.

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