The Bicentenary of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum

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: "ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ" (TWENTY FIVE RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2011 г." (2011), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

on the matted disc of the coin to the left - the monument to A.S. Pushkin sitting in a thoughtful pose leaning his right elbow on the back of the garden-bench, over it - the crown of a tree, in the background - the right wing of the building of Lyceum, to the right at the rim - the crown of a tree, below at the rim the inscription made by the "proof" technique: "ЦАРСКОСЕЛЬСКИЙ ЛИЦЕЙ" (THE TSARSKOYE SELO LYCEUM).

Authors

The artist: E.V. Kramskaya
The sculptors: A.N. Bessonov, A.V. Baklanov National Artist of Russia
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations