150th Anniversary of Founding the State Tretyakov Gallery.
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 «2006», 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 lower part of the silver disc – a gold insert of the right – angled configuration featuring a P.M. Tretyakov’s portrait, to the right on the insert along the vertical line – the indications of the metal sign and the fineness: «Au 900», the fine metal content: «1,55» in one line; in the upper part of the disc – the facade of the main building of the Tretyakov Gallery. The inscription at the bottom along the rim – «ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ТРЕТЬЯКОВСКАЯ ГАЛЕРЕЯ» (THE STATE TRETYAKOV GALLERY).
Authors
The artist: A.V. Baklanov, National Artist of Russia.
The sculptors: Y. S. Gogol, A.V. Baklanov.
St. Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.