2 rubles — Russian Federation (2005) — M.A. Sholokhov
100th Anniversary of the Birth of M.A. Sholokhov.

Obverse

Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov

Reverse

Designer/engraver: A.A. Dolgopolova, Baklanov

Special facts

Silver 2 roubles of 2005 for the centenary of Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984); for "And Quiet Flows the Don" he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965.

About the period

Modern Russia is the money after the redenomination of 1998, when a thousand old roubles became one new rouble. The coins and banknotes of the 1997 pattern are still in circulation. More about the period “Modern Russia”, 1997 — to present

Coins and banknotes of this year: 2005

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