Description:
Obverse
In the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin, lower — the semicircular inscription — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA) framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top «ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ» (TWENTY FIVE RUBLES), at the bottom — «1999», 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
The pictures of an expedition's caravan, the Great Chinese Wall, a pagoda and a Buddhist shrine, at the bottom — kulans (the family of horses) and yaks. The inscription at the top along the rim: «ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ МОНГОЛИИ КИТАЯ ТИБЕТА» (THE EXPLORATION OF MONGOLIA CHINA TIBET) and the dates in two lines «1870» «1873».
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