Human Being in the Modern World

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 fineness, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the picture of a man, a women and a tree as a personification of the first people and the primordial nature of the Earth, on either side - attributes of the modern civilization approaching them: to the left - the means of communication (a satellite antenna, a computer monitor, a mobile telephone), to the right - mechanisms (cog-wheels). The inscription at the bottom along the rim - "РОССИЯ НА РУБЕЖЕ ТЫСЯЧЕЛЕТИЙ" (RUSSIA ON THE THRESHOLD OF MILLENNIUMS).

Authors

The artist: R.V. Zhestkov
The sculptor: R.V. Zhestkov
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 300 corrugations