The 150th Anniversary of the Birthday of A.P. Chekhov

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: "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" (THREE RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2010 г." (2010), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

to the left - the portrait of А.P. Chekhov, over it - a drop-certain with the stylized image of the gull, to the right in the interior of a room - images of a standing girl and sitting man, behind them on the wall - a shotgun, lower - dates in two lines: "1860" and "1904", below on the matted field of a paper sheet - the facsimile signature of the writer: "А. ЧЕХОВ" (A.CHEKHOV).

Authors

The artist: A.A. Brynsa.
The sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova.
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.