Surgeon N.I. Pirogov - the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Birthday

Series: Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

01.10.2010

Catalogue number

5110-0107

Outstanding Personalities of Russia

Date of Issue

01.10.2010

Catalogue number

5110-0107

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

5,000

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 "2010 г." (2010), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

To the left - the portrait of N.I. Pirogov, under it - semicircular inscription: "Н.И. ПИРОГОВ" (N.I. PIROGOV), to the right - a sick-nurse and a wounded man in the tent of a field hospital, lower - dates in two lines: "1810" "1881".

Authors

The artists: S.A. Kozlov
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД)
The edge: 195 corrugations.

Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881) - surgeon, anatomist, founder of the field surgery, corresponding member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1846), participated in the Sevastopol Defense (1854-55), French-Prussian (1870-71) and Russian-Turk (1877-78) wars. Pirogov's Atlas "Topographical Anatomy" gained the world-wide reputation.

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