[PRE-ORDER] 2020 3 Rubles 100 Years of the Republic of Karelia 1oz Silver

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 center, 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

the mirror field of the disc bears relief images of the emblem of the Republic of Karelia, a figure of a traditional singer of epic songs – a rune singer, natural landscape, a rabbit and a pair of ducks flying above the water surface, a stylised image of buildings of the capital of Karelia, Petrozavodsk, in the background, and a national ornament at the bottom on the right; there are inscriptions: ‘РЕСПУБЛИКА КАРЕЛИЯ’ (REPUBLIC OF KARELIA) below on the left along the rim and ‘100 ЛЕТ’ (100 YEARS) on the right in two lines.

Authors

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