Description:
Obverse
In the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — «3 РУБЛЯ 1995 г.» (3 RUBLES 1995), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).
Reverse
At the top to the left - portraits of the Russian Arctic explorers, participants in the Great Northern Expedition: Stepan Malygin, Dmitri Ovtsyn, Semyon Chelyuskin and Khariton and Dmitri Laptev, in the centre to the right - the wooden coast-dweller sailing-rowing vessel, to the left - a dog-gear with travellers, below - a map of the Siberian coast, to the right - two dates in two lines "1733-1743 гг.". The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ РУССКОЙ АРКТИКИ" (EXPLORATION OF RUSSIAN ARCTIC), at the bottom - "ВЕЛИКАЯ СЕВЕРНАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ" (THE GREAT NORTHERN EXPEDITION).
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