Reindeer

Obverse

in the center – 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 – «ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ» (FIFTY RUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2004», the letters to the left indicate themetal sign and the fineness , to the right – the finemetal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the image of the trunk and the head of a reindeer.The inscription at the top along the rim – «СОХРАНИМ НАШ МИР» (PROTECT OUR WORLD), at the bottom – stylized pictures of a northern pattern.

Authors

The artist: A.S. Kunats, A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptor: V.N. Pitev.
Moscow Mint (ММД).
The edge: 134 corrugations.

The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) inhabiting the tundra and taiga of the Polar Region, Southern Siberia, Far East, the islands of the Polar area practices season migrations in herds.The Reindeer is entered into the Red Data Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources