Twins
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 – «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE RUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2004» , 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 picture of two children – twins against the back-ground of stars, to the right – the sign of the Twins Zodiac constellation.
Authors
The artist: S.A. Kozlov.A.D. Shablykin.
The sculptors: A.I. Parfionov.
Moscow Mint (МMД).
The edge: 300 corrugations
The Twins constellation situated in the Northern Hemisphere contains 121 stars visible with the naked eye.