The Golden Eagle
Obverse
in the centre - the Emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, lower - the semicircular inscription - "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "ОДИН РУБЛЬ" (ONE RUBLE), at the bottom - the year of issue "2002", 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 relief picture of a golden eagle with his nestling. The inscription at the top to the left along the rim: "БЕРКУТ" (THE GOLDEN EAGLE).
Authors
The artist: A.S. Kunats.
The sculptor: A.S. Kunats.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.
The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nests in the dense forests and on unassailable rocks of the Caucasus, Altai, Sayany mountains and in the south of the Far East as veil. It is protected by the State.