50 rubles gold coin 2000 Russia – Scientific and Technical Progress and Cooperation

Description

Series: Russia on the Threshold of Millenniums
The obverse
in the center – the Emblem of the Bank of Russia (the two-headed eagle designed by I.Bilibin, lower – the semicircular inscription – “БАНК РОССИИ” (BANK OF RUSSIA) framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim: at the top – “ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ” (FIFTY RUBLES), at the bottom – the date “2000”, the letters to the left indicate the metal sign and the fineness, to the right – the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.
The reverse
a figure of a man flying with the help of self-made wings against the background of the starry sky, above him – a space station, under him – outlines of a field, wood, village, to the right – fragments of a window-aperture of a bell tower and a cupola of a temple. The inscription at the bottom along the rim – “РОССИЯ НА РУБЕЖЕ ТЫСЯЧЕЛЕТИЙ” (RUSSIA ON THE THRESHOLD OF MILLENNIUMS).
Authors
The artist: R.V.Zhestkov
The sculptor: R.V.Zhestkov
Moscow Mint (ММД)
The edge: 200 corrugations