The Barkers

Obverse

the mirror field of the disc bears a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, over it along the rim there is the semicircular inscription ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by doubled rhombuses, below under the coat of arms there are indications of the precious metal and its fineness on the left and the fine metal content and the mint trade mark on the right, at the bottom in the centre, in three lines, there is an inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the denomination of the coin ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES), and the year of issue ‘2020 г.’ (2020).

Reverse

a coloured figure of Max, the main character of the cartoon, and an inscription ‘БАРБОСКИНЫ’ (THE BARKERS) at the top.

Authors

Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.A. Brynza (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), computer simulation (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
Edge: 300 corrugations.

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‘The Barkers’ is a Russian animated series about a family of dogs, produced by the Melnitsa animation studio. The Barkers are a large family, consisting of Mom, Dad and five children – Max, Rosie, Alex, Liza and Kid. Each of the characters represents a certain human personality type. The series uses humour to show the typical life of a Russian family: relations between parents and children, difficulties of growing-up, conflicts between peers, etc.