150th Birthday of N.E. Zhukovsky

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

27.01.1997

Catalogue number

5110-0016

Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

27.01.1997

Catalogue number

5110-0016

Denomination

2 rubles

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 500/1000

Total weight, g

15.87((±0.15)

Fine metal content not less than, g

7.78

Diameter, mm

33.00(±0.20)

Thickness, mm

2.40(±0.20)

Mintage, pcs

50,000

Obverse

the two-headed eagle designed by artist I. Bilibin. The inscriptions along the rim: at the top — «ДВА РУБЛЯ 1997 г.» (TWO RUBLES 1997), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA). The letters below indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the fine metal content and the mint trademark.

Reverse

the portrait of N.E. Zhukovski and Ikaros with the wings. The inscription at the top along the rim: «Н.Е.ЖУКОВСКИЙ» (N.E. ZHUKOVSKY), at the bottom in two lines – the dates «1847» and «1921».

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptor: A.A. Dolgopolova
St. Petersburg Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 195 corrugations

Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky (1847-1921) – Russian researcher, founder of modern aerodynamics, and corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg (1894) – wrote many scientific works on the theory of aviation, and carried out many important research projects on astronomy, mathematics, hydrodynamics, hydraulics, and applied mechanics. He was the founder and first director of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Research Institute in Moscow.

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