100th Anniversary of the Birth of S.A. Gerasimov

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

a portrait of S.A. Gerasimov, to the left – the dates in two lines «1906» «1985», a cine-camera and a stylized image of a cine-film. The inscription at the bottom along the rim: «C.А.ГЕРАСИМОВ» (S.A.GERASIMOV).

Authors

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

Sergei Appolinariyevich Gerasimov (1906 – 1985) – Russian producer, scenarist, actor. His most known movies are «Seven Braves», «Young Guards», «And Quietly Flows the Don», «By the Lake» and others.