Painter M.V. Nesterov - the 150th Anniversary of the Birthday

Obverse

in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "ДВА РУБЛЯ" (TWO RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2012 г." (2012), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

to the left on the matted field of the disc - the relief portrait of M.V. Nesterov, to the right of it - the colored image of the portrait of a lady in black in the background of a river, below on the matted picture of a palette - the inscription and dates in two lines: "М. Нестеров 1862-1942" (M. Nesterov 1862-1942).

Authors

The artist: S.V. Sutyagin.
The sculptor: F.S. Andronov.
Mint: Saint-Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.