Aurochs

Obverse

the two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the inscriptions along the rim framed by an ornament: at the top — «50 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.» (50 RUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

the relief picture of a Aurochs against the background of plants, the inscriptions along the rim separated by two dots: at the top - "КРАСНАЯ КНИГА" (RED DATA BOOK), at the bottom - "ЗУБР" (AUROCHS).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova, A.V. Baklanov
Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 252 corrugations

The aurochs destroyed everywhere in Europe had been preserved in some Zoos by the beginning of thirties of tnis century. To recreate the total number of wild aurochs the nurseries in the Prioksko-Terassny and Oksky Preserves were set up.