25 Roubles The Monastery of the Saviour's Transfiguration, Russia

In the centre, against the background of the stylised image of the Valaam Archipelago islands in the Ladoga Lake the view of the architectural monuments of the Monastery of the Saviours Transfiguration, to the left the Church of St. John the Precursor with the belfry, lower the semicircular inscription: (The skete of St. John the Precursor), to the right a belfry, a church and a tower, lower the semicircular inscription (The Skete of all Saints), at the top a church with the bell tower, lower the semicircular inscription: (The Skete Nicholas),at the bottom a cross, lower the semicircular inscription: (The Skete of Alexander the Svir). The inscriptions along the rim: at the top - (The Monastery of the Saviours transfiguration), at the bottom to the left (Valaam), to the right . IV . (Founded in the IVth century).

Andrey Sergevich Kunats

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 – «ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ» (TWENTY FIVE ROUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2004», 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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