150th Anniversary of the Birth of M.A. Vrubel

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

01.03.2006

Catalogue number

5110-0073

Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

01.03.2006

Catalogue number

5110-0073

Denomination

2 rubles

Quality

Proof

Metal, fineness

Silver 925/1000

Total weight, g

17.00 (±0.18)

Fine metal content not less than, g

15.55

Diameter, mm

33.00 (± 0.20)

Thickness, mm

2.40 (±0.20)

Mintage, pcs

10,000

Obverse

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 – «ДВА РУБЛЯ» (TWO RUBLES), at the bottom – the year of issue «2006», the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

self-portrait of M.A. Vrubel. The inscription under it: «М.А.ВРУБЕЛЬ» (M.A.VRUBEL) and the dates «1856-1910», to the right – a palette and two paintbrushes.

Authors

The artist: E.V. Kramskaya.
The sculptor: A.I. Molostov.
Moscow Mint (MМД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.

Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel (1856-1910) – Russian Symbolist and Modernist painter. His most known paintings – «The Seated Demon», «The Swan Princess» and the others are kept in the Moscow Tretyakov Gallery.

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