The 130th Anniversary of the Birth of V.I. Vernadsky

Obverse

in the center — the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin), under it to the right - the mint trademark. The inscriptions along the rim framed by a circle of dots: at the top — «ОДИН РУБЛЬ 1993 г.» (ONE RUBLE 1993), at the bottom — «БАНК РОССИИ» (BANK OF RUSSIA).

Reverse

a portrait of V.I. Vernadsky, under it to the right - two dates in two lines "1863" and "1945", the inscription along the rim - "ВЛАДИМИР ИВАНОВИЧ ВЕРНАДСКИЙ" (VLADIMIR IVANOVICH VERNADSKY).

Authors

The artist: A.V. Baklanov
The sculptor:A.A. Dolgopolova
Leningrad Mint (ЛМД)
The edge: two incised inscriptions "ОДИН РУБЛЬ" (ONE RUBLE), separated by two dots.

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945) - a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, created a teaching about the biosphere and founded geochemistry, bio-geochemistry and radio-geology.