The City of Uglich

Obverse

on the disc – 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, the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right – the fine metal content. The inscriptionson the ring along the rim: at the top – «СТО РУБЛЕЙ» (ONE HUNDRED RUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2004», the letters the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

on the disc to the left – the Church of St.Dmitry On the Blood (XVIIth century), to the right – the bell tower and the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour, in the background – the Czarevitch Dmitry’s Chambers. The inscription at the bottom on the ring along the rim – «УГЛИЧ» (UGLICH).

Authors

The artiat: A.V. Baklanov.
The Sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova.
St. Peterburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 252 corrugations.

On May 15, 1591 Czarevitch Dmitry went west in the Uglich Kremlin under inscrutable circumstances. This fact had a fataland tragic consequence for Russia that initiated so cold troublous times in the country.