2 rubles — Russian Federation (1997) — Afanasy Nikitin's Voyage to India
525th Anniversary of Afanasi Nikitin’s Voyage to India

Obverse

Designer/engraver: A.V. Baklanov

Reverse

Designer/engraver: I.S. Komshilov

Special facts

The second 1997 coin about Afanasy Nikitin shows him among the wonders of India, an elephant, a peacock and a palace; his "Journey Beyond Three Seas" is one of the first descriptions of India by a European.

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: 1997

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