The 140th Anniversary of the Foundation of the State Bank of Russia

Obverse

in the center - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin, lower - the semicircular inscription - "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA) framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" (THREE RUBLES), at the bottom - the date "2000", the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the alloy standard, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the allegorical picture of Russia - a women's figure, holding a baton in her right hand, who leans with her left one on a cartouche with an olive branch, to the left - a stylized picture of the main building of the Bank of Russia with the patterned cast-iron railings before it. The inscription along the rim: "ДЛЯ ОЖИВЛЕНИЯ ТОРГОВЫХ ОБОРОТОВ И УПРОЧЕНИЯ ДЕНЕЖНОЙ КРЕДИТНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ" (FOR BRINGING LIFE TO TRADE OPERATIONS AND STRENGTHENING THE MONETARY CREDIT SYSTEM).

Authors

The artist: A.V.Baklanov
The sculptor: V. M. Kharlamov
Moscw Mint (ММД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.

The creation of the State Bank of the Russian Empire stipulated by needs for the economic development of the country was the component part of the reorganization of the bank system of Russia. The history of the State Bank of Russia began on May 31 [June 12, New Style] 1860 when its Statute had been confirmed by the Edict (Ukase) of the Emperor Alexander II. According to the Statute the State Bank was created "for bringing life to trade operations and strengthening the monetary credit system". The legal successors of the State Bank of the Russian Empire, as an emission institute, were in the following the State Bank of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federate Socialist Republic), the State Bank of the USSR and since 1992 - the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.