2 Roubles V.I. Dal, Russia

To the left a portrait of V.I. Dal, lover a goose-quill, to the right an opened book with an inscription in five lines on it: (THE EXPLANATORY DICTIONARY OF THE LIVING GREAT RUSSIAN LANGUAGE), lower a picture featuring three small figures: a balalaika player and two folk dancers, an the bottom a manuscript with the facsimile signature of the lexicographer and the dates in two lines 1801 1872.

Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

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 — «ДВА РУБЛЯ» (TWO ROUBLES), 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.

Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

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