Description:
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.K. Savrasov and a palette with paint-brushes against a background of a fragment of his picture «The Rooks Have Come Back». Below to the left in two lines – the dates «1830» and «1897», at the bottom – the painter’s facsimile signature.
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