25 Roubles The State Bank of Russia, Russia

A scroll bearing the inscription in eight lines 31 1860 (THE HIGHEST INSCRIBED UKASE TO THE GOVERNMENT SENATE MAY 31, 1860 CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF THE STATE BANK) to the right - a portrait of Alexander II, lower - the facsimile-signature of the Emperor, a quill-pen, a wax-seal with the picture of the two-headed eagle, to the left - the building of the State Bank in Saint-Petersburg. The inscription along the rim: (FOR BRINGING LIFE TO TRADE OPERATIONS AND STRENGTHENING THE MONETARY CREDIT SYSTEM).

Igor Sergeevich Komshilov

Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

In the centre - 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 ROUBLES), at the bottom - the date "2000", the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the alloy standard, to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

Alexander Vasilyevich Baklanov

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