The Bicentenary of the Foundation of the Forwarding Agency of the State Paperstock

Obverse

on the mirror field of the disc the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim the semicircular inscription "РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ" (RUSSIAN FEDERATION), framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms to the left indications of the precious metal and its fineness, to the right the fine metal content and the mint trade mark, at the bottom in the centre the inscription in three lines "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin "3 РУБЛЯ" (3 RUBLES), the year of issue "2018 г." (2018).

Reverse

on the mirror field of the disc on the right a gold plated image of the emblem commemorating the 200th anniversary of the foundation of the Forwarding Agency of the State Paperstock with an image of the company’s logo from the year 1900 in the background, on the left a microtext composed of the repeated company name "ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ ЗАГОТОВЛЕНИЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ БУМАГ" (FORWARDING AGENCY OF THE STATE PAPERSTOCK), above it a stylised image of sheets of paper.

Authors

The artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.D. Schablykin (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.