Writer A.I. Solzhenitsyn, the Centenary of the Birthday (11.12.1918)

Obverse

the mirror field of the disc bears a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim there is the semicircular inscription "РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ" (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms there are indications of the precious metal and its fineness on the left and the fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre there is a three-line inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin "2 РУБЛЯ" (2 RUBLES), and the year of issue "2018 г." (2018).

Reverse

there is a relief portrait of A.I. Solzhenitsyn against the background of bookshelves; at the bottom, on the right of the portrait, there is an image of a typewriter and a piece of paper with the facsimile signature of the writer and, on the left of the portrait, the dates ‘1918’ and ‘2008’ in two lines.

Authors

The artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.V. Gnidin (reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.V. Gnidin (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.