The Brown Bear

Obverse

in the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin), the letters under it indicate the metal sign, the fineness, the mint trademark and the fine metal content. The inscriptions along the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — «50 РУБЛЕЙ 1993 г.» (50 RUBLES 1993), at the bottom — "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

a brown bear cub against the background of fir-trees and grass, to the right - two wooden cabins; the inscription at the bottom along the rim: "СОХРАНИМ НАШ МИР" (PROTECT OUR WORLD).

Authors

The artists: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptor: A.A. Novichkov
Moscow Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: 111 corrugations

This series of five coins made of precious metals is dedicated to the brown bear. Brown bears are found in the Caucasus, on the Kamchatka peninsular, in Siberia and in the Maritime Territory of the Far East. A brown bear may be 2.5 metres long and weighs more than 300 kilograms. It is an omnivorous animal whose population is declining.