The 40th Anniversary of the space flight of Yu. A. Gagarin

Obverse

in the center — 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 — «СТО РУБЛЕЙ» (ONE HUNDRED RUBLES), at the bottom — the year of issue «2001», 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

in the center — the picture of the launching the space ship «VOSTOK», to the left — the portrait of Yu.A. Gagarin wearing a space suit, to the right — the globe with the flight trajectory trough the near-earth orbit, over it — stylized pictures of the sun and constellations of Maiden, Dog, Swan, Pegasus, the inscription at the top along the rim: «40 -ЛЕТИЕ ПЕРВОГО ПОЛЁТА ЧЕЛОВЕКА В КОСМОС» (THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SPACE FLIGHT OF THE HUMAN BEING), at the bottom — space stations.

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov.
The sculptor: R.V. Shestkov.
Moscow Mint (MМД).
The edge: 360 corrugations.