Description:
Obverse
In the centre - 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 - "ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ" (TWENTY FIVE RUBLES), at the bottom - the year of issue "2003", 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 sailing ship against the background of a map, to the left and to the right from it - the dates on a ribbon "1725" "1730", to the left at the top - outlines of Kamchatka and Chukchee peninsulas and the route of the 1st Kamchatka Expedition. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top - "1ая КАМЧАТСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ" (THE 1st KAMCHATKA EXPEDITION), at the bottom - "БОТ СВ. ГАВРИИЛ" (BOAT ST. GABRIEL).
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