Description:
Obverse
In the center — 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 and inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ТРИ РУБЛЯ» (THREE RUBLES), at the bottom — the year of issue «2001», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right — the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
Reverse
A scene from the 4th Act of the opera «Life for the Tsar» («Ivan Soussanin»), over it — the building of the Bolshoi Theater and the date «225», the inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «БОЛЬШОЙ ТЕАТР» (BOLSHOI THEATER), at the bottom — «ИВАН СУСАНИН» («IVAN SOUSSANIN»).
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