Painter I.N. Kramskoy - the 175th Anniversary of the Birthday
Obverse
in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "ДВА РУБЛЯ" (TWO RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2012 г." (2012), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Reverse
in the central part of the coin disc - the colored portrait of the painter in the quadrangle frame, to the left in the background - the contour image of a painter painting on an easel, to the right of the portrait - dates in two lines: "1837" and "1887", to the left above, along the rim - the inscription: "И.Н. КРАМСКОЙ" (I.N. KRAMSKOY).
Authors
The artists: E.V. Kramskaya.
The sculptors: Computer simulation.
Mint: Saint-Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.