100th Birthday of A.L. Tchizhevsky

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

06.02.1997

Catalogue number

5110-0017

Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

06.02.1997

Catalogue number

5110-0017

Denomination

2 rubles

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 500/1000

Total weight, g

15.87((±0.15)

Fine metal content not less than, g

7.78

Diameter, mm

33.00(±0.20)

Thickness, mm

2.40(±0.20)

Mintage, pcs

10,000

Obverse

the two-headed eagle designed by artist I. Bilibin. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ДВА РУБЛЯ 1997 г.» (TWO RUBLES 1997), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA). The letters below indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the fine metal content and the mint trademark.

Reverse

the portrait of A.L. Tchizhevsky. In the background – the Constellation Aquarius (the astrological symbol of February), the sun in eclipse, the star galaxy and a man under a tree. Under the inscription «А.Л. ЧИЖЕВСКИЙ» (A.L. TCHIZHEVSKY) and the dates «1897-1964» – a lyre, a sheet of paper, a paint brush, and a pen to symbolize his various gifts.

Authors

The artist: A.A. Kolodkin
The sculptors: A.S. Khazov, A.A. Kolodkin
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 195 corrugations

Alexander Leonidovich Tchizhevsky (1897-1964) – Russian scientist and founder of space biology, space medicine and electrohaemodynamics, full member of more than 30 academies of science in Europe, Asia, and America – was famous as a philosopher, poet, painter and musician who left rich literary heritage and nearly 400 landscapes in water-colors and oils.

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