Jeyran (Gazelle)

Obverse

the two-headed eagle (designed by I.Bilibin), the inscriptions along the rim framed by an ornament: at the top — «50 РУБЛЕЙ 1994 г.» (50 RUBLES 1994), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

the relief picture of a jeyran against the background of plants, the inscription along the rim separated by two dots: at the top - "КРАСНАЯ КНИГА" (RED DATA BOOK), at the bottom - "ДЖЕЙРАН" (JEYRAN).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova
Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 252 corrugations

The jeyran (Gazella subgotturossa), which is the disappearing species inhabits in flat deserts and semi-deserts in the foothills of the Central Asia and Eastern Transcaucasus, protected in different preserves and is easily domesticated and breeded in nurseries.