Shemaya-Fish of the Azov Sea and Black Sea

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 "2008 г." (2008), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

the image of Shemaya-Fish of the Azov Sea and Black Sea, in the background - a floating ship and flying birds; above - the inscription along the rim: "АЗОВО-ЧЕРНОМОРСКАЯ ШЕМАЯ" (Shemaya-Fish of the Azov Sea and Black Sea).

Authors

The artists: A.D. Schablykin, F.S. Andronov.
The sculptor: Yu. S. Gogol.
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 195 corrugations.

Shemaya-Fish of the Azov Sea and Black Sea (Chalcalburnus chalcoides, subspecies mento) inhibits the Azov Sea and Black Sea, from where comes into rivers Kuban, Don, Seversky Donez and their tributaries. Is acclimatized in reservoirs of Stavropol Region, Kalmykiya and Krasnodar Region.