The Centenary of the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow

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: "ТРИ РУБЛЯ" (THREE RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2012 г." (2012), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

on the mirror surface of the central part of the coin disc - two columns which divide it in three apertures, in the right aperture - the colored fragment of P. Picasso's painting "Acrobat on a Ball", in the central aperture between the columns - the relief image of the main facade of the building of A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, in the left aperture - two Egyptian ancient sculptures of god's Amun priests Amenhotep and Rannaia, above on the matted surface of a wall resting upon the columns - the inscription: "100 ЛЕТ" (100 YEARS), under it - a palm twig, on bottom on the matted segment with a geometric ornament along its upper edge - the inscription in three lines: "ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ МУЗЕЙ ИЗОБРАЗИТЕЛЬНЫХ ИСКУССТВ ИМ. А.С. ПУШКИНА" (THE A.S. PUSHKIN STATE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS).

Authors

The artist: S.A. Kozlov.
The sculptor: A.N. Bessonov.
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.