50 ruble gold coin Scientific Progress 2000 1/4 oz Russia

Scientific and technological progress and cooperation

Face value: 50 rubles
Minting quality: Proof
Fineness: 900/1000
Fine weight: 7,78g
Diameter: 22.60mm (±0.15)
Thickness: 1.60mm (±0.20)
Circulation: 1000
Mintage: Moscow Mint (MMD)
Edge: 200 corrugations

Front

In the center of the disc there is the emblem of the Bank of Russia (double-headed eagle by the painter I. Bilibin, below it the semicircular inscription “Bank of Russia”), framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the circle: above – “Fifty rubles”. Below you can see “2000”, on the left – description of the precious metal and its fineness, on the right – fineness and the mint mark (MMD).

Back

Figure of a man flying with homemade wings against the background of the starry sky. Above him you can see a space station, below – outlines of a field, a forest, a village. Right – fragments of the window opening of the bell tower and the church dome; at the bottom of the circle the inscription: “Russia on the border of the new millennium.”