The History of Russian Currency

Obverse

in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "СТО РУБЛЕЙ" (ONE HUNDRED RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2009 г." (2009), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

images of 3 coins: above - the silver Rouble of Nikolas I, to the left - the gold imperial of Nikolas II, to the right - the tchervonez of the soviet issue, inscription along the rim "ИСТОРИЯ ДЕНЕЖНОГО ОБРАЩЕНИЯ РОССИИ" (THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN CURRENCY).

Authors

The artist: S A. Kozlov
The sculptor: Computer simulation.
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 240 corrugations.

The picture of the reverse includes images of coins connected to monetary reforms of Kankrin E.F. (1839-1843), Vitte S.Yu. (1895-1897) and Sokolnikov G. Ya. (1922-1924).