The 300th Anniversary of the Department for Ore Mining Affairs (constituted by Peter the Great).

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 - "СТО РУБЛЕЙ" (HUNDRED 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

a figure of a miner with a hack lifted over his head, to the left - crystals of a rock, to the right - a self-propelled excavator, above it - a mine and pit heaps. The inscription at the bottom along the rim - "РОССИЯ НА РУБЕЖЕ ТЫСЯЧЕЛЕТИЙ" (RUSSIA ON THE THRESHOLD OF MILLENNIUMS).

Authors

The artist: V.M.Yerokhin
The sculptor: V.I.Markov
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 240 corrugations